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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 练

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
练 liàn - to practice
- to train
- to drill
- to perfect (one's skill)
- exercise
- (literary) white silk
- to boil and scour raw silk

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
- 2 2,280 2,231 1,747

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 纟 柬

Radical:

纟

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

柬

Semantic:

纟

Hint:

Thread

Other Words Containing 练

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
训练 5 3 993 980 3,299
教练 5 3 1,384 2,294 5,863
练习 3 2 1,654 4,515 4,227
练 - 2 2,280 2,231 1,747
排练 - 7 3,302 11,020 7,626
熟练 5 4 11,135 8,124 9,117
老练 - - 14,162 31,388 35,248
磨练 - - 18,475 16,144 9,905
演练 - 8 18,509 9,205 18,299
练习场 - - 23,978 36,576 52,823
陪练 - - 24,312 38,470 37,392
苦练 - 9 25,587 18,892 24,696
操练 6 - 25,807 29,118 34,455
干练 - - 36,399 20,258 12,269
练就 - - 37,525 - -
晨练 - - 39,044 24,376 20,537
教练员 - - 45,958 13,973 52,588
简练 - - 46,218 34,511 35,249
练功 - - 46,743 21,051 25,905
精练 - 9 47,212 45,962 65,079
勤学苦练 - - 60,026 54,791 72,500
拉练 - - 63,026 20,089 46,900
教练机 - - 81,424 43,944 74,516
团练 - - 87,334 55,221 96,954
练兵 - - 88,334 16,709 30,364
稳练 - - 91,000 - -
练字 - - 96,941 - -
练习本 - - 97,412 88,288 59,927