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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 硫

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
硫 liú - sulfur (chemistry)

List Ranking for: 硫

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

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 16,795 10,873 24,914

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 石 㐬

Radical:

石

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

㐬

Semantic:

石

Hint:

Mineral

Other Words Containing 硫

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 (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
硫磺 - - 10,129 28,906 32,198
硫酸 - - 16,063 11,962 20,872
硫 - - 16,795 10,873 24,914
硫化氢 - - 41,536 45,834 52,978
硫酸盐 - - 44,299 51,373 97,489
硫化 - - 44,952 29,994 54,701
二氧化硫 - - 45,859 19,310 47,465
亚硫酸 - - 56,192 66,324 123,198