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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
lín - (chemistry) phosphorus
lín - variant of 磷[lin2]
lín - variant of 磷[lin2]

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
- - 18,730 7,431 14,478

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

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Hint:

Mineral

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
- - 18,730 7,431 14,478
磷酸 - - 26,407 15,110 49,825
磷光 - - 44,351 95,561 92,964
磷脂 - - 47,292 29,633 50,315
白磷 - - 48,188 103,239 -
有机磷 - - 57,678 36,698 56,685
磷酸钙 - - 66,768 81,253 122,114
磷酸盐 - - 68,507 38,453 85,620
红磷 - - 87,240 - -
磷灰石 - - 89,180 53,810 -
磷肥 - - 93,601 34,582 113,682