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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
zhài - surname Zhai
- to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors)
- (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; to wield (sth magic)
- (bound form) ceremony
- (Tw) (bound form) (celebratory) festival

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
- 7 5,740 7,839 8,711

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱⿰

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Hand 寸 holding meat ⺼ over an altar 示

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
- 7 5,740 7,839 8,711
祭品 - - 12,640 46,004 47,335
祭坛 - - 16,299 38,683 57,554
祭祀 - 9 17,988 15,456 25,005
祭奠 - 9 25,077 23,074 16,899
祭拜 - - 28,707 33,332 34,372
祭礼 - - 35,195 83,938 100,839
祭器 - - 37,017 - -
祭祖 - - 42,984 28,826 34,380
祭文 - - 79,237 60,352 74,046