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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
xué - cave
- cavity
- hole
- acupuncture point
- Taiwan pr. [xue4]

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
- - 11,344 5,717 7,214

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictographic

Hint:

The mouth of a cave

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
洞穴 6 - 6,385 18,196 24,156
- - 11,344 5,717 7,214
穴居 - - 13,038 70,824 84,706
巢穴 - - 13,222 42,439 46,342
墓穴 - - 15,422 31,425 54,597
太阳穴 - - 21,979 24,852 13,178
地穴 - - 24,033 79,737 114,631
穴位 - 9 31,439 13,937 13,637
空穴来风 - - 34,659 35,562 30,200
穴道 - - 37,511 31,840 42,028
蚁穴 - - 46,138 84,629 65,432
走穴 - - 59,122 52,852 55,852
空穴 - - 70,407 66,672 51,196
点穴 - - 74,156 42,534 33,759