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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 空手

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
空手 kōng shǒu - empty-handed
- unarmed
- (painting, embroidery etc) without following a model
- (abbr. for 空手道[kong1 shou3 dao4]) karate

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
- - 6,474 21,323 16,747

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
kōng- empty
- air
- sky
- in vain
kòng- to empty
- vacant
- unoccupied
- space
- leisure
- free time
shǒu- hand
- (formal) to hold
- person engaged in certain types of work
- person skilled in certain types of work
- personal(ly)
- convenient
- classifier for skill
- CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Other Words Containing 空手

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
空手 - - 6,474 21,323 16,747