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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 甲骨文

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
甲骨文 jiǎ gǔ wén - oracle script
- oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)

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
- - 51,818 19,105 23,773

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
jiǎ- first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
- (used for an unspecified person or thing)
- first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)
- letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
- armor plating
- shell or carapace
- (of the fingers or toes) nail
- bladed leather or metal armor (old)
- ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old)
- civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old)
- ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
- used in 骨碌碌[gu1lu4lu4]
- used in 骨碌[gu1lu5]
- bone
wén- surname Wen
wén- language
- culture
- writing
- formal
- literary
- gentle
- (old) classifier for coins
- Kangxi radical 67

Other Words Containing 甲骨文

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
甲骨文 - - 51,818 19,105 23,773