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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 玄武

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
玄武 xuán wǔ - Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky)
- (in Daoism) God of the north sky

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 21,086 25,706

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
xuán- black
- mysterious
- surname Wu
- martial
- military

Other Words Containing 玄武

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
玄武岩 - - 44,593 43,537 84,621