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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
yán - to grind
- study
- research

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
- - 19,189 4,786 3,760

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

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Semantic:

Hint:

Stone

Other Words Containing

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
研究 - 4 941 224 1,527
研究生 4 4 9,714 4,337 7,687
研发 - 6 10,030 2,800 7,368
研究所 - 5 11,329 3,203 14,483
研讨会 - - 11,484 5,937 18,252
研制 - 4 13,914 3,697 16,390
科研 - 6 16,758 2,616 13,600
研究员 - - 17,394 7,391 22,187
- - 19,189 4,786 3,760
调研 - 6 21,230 4,367 10,569
钻研 6 9 22,356 13,953 25,213
研修 - - 23,870 28,434 39,573
研究院 - - 24,878 8,174 20,327
研究者 - - 28,693 13,720 26,888
研习 - - 29,757 45,464 45,861
研磨 - - 32,519 30,181 29,638
研讨 - 9 33,807 10,937 33,162
研读 - - 36,143 30,924 29,833
教研室 - - 41,064 13,928 52,699
研华 - - 51,228 - -
研钵 - - 97,485 - -