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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 磨

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
磨 mó - to rub
- to grind
- to polish
- to sharpen
- to wear down
- to die out
- to waste time
- to pester
- to insist
磨 mò - grindstone
- to grind
- to turn round

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
- 6 4,897 4,445 2,770

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿸ 麻 石

Radical:

石

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

麻

Semantic:

石

Hint:

Stone

Other Words Containing 磨

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
折磨 6 7 1,781 5,787 2,880
磨 - 6 4,897 4,445 2,770
琢磨 6 8 7,481 9,709 7,836
磨蹭 - - 9,098 37,244 21,765
消磨 - - 9,974 21,351 11,568
磨损 - 8 12,880 14,096 19,705
磨难 - 8 13,389 17,136 10,406
磨坊 - - 16,361 45,318 35,406
磨练 - - 18,475 16,144 9,905
打磨 - 9 20,711 21,731 16,309
磨牙 - - 21,921 30,255 19,261
磨合 6 9 29,781 15,309 18,758
磨灭 - - 30,265 34,047 18,684
磨床 - - 32,517 52,703 90,474
研磨 - - 32,519 30,181 29,638
不可磨灭 - - 35,016 36,710 36,394
磨砺 - - 36,148 27,532 18,145
磨擦 - - 36,194 31,002 36,845
临阵磨枪 - - 36,764 84,706 56,674
磨炼 - - 37,360 26,367 22,100
好事多磨 - - 38,944 53,360 32,529
磨光 - - 39,501 58,636 49,915
磨刀 - - 41,557 46,775 38,455
磨砂玻璃 - - 43,486 - -
磨刀石 - - 49,965 81,007 46,199
磨刀霍霍 - - 54,397 69,210 52,230
耐磨 - - 62,419 23,562 21,302
水磨石 - - 66,440 - 119,665
磨洋工 - - 67,751 102,102 66,664
拉磨 - - 86,243 - -