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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
chóu - (light) silk
- CL:匹[pi3]

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
- - 34,187 18,406 30,619

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Silk

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
丝绸 5 8 10,015 14,502 22,283
未雨绸缪 - - 24,320 27,612 30,795
- - 34,187 18,406 30,619
绸缎 - - 35,702 29,891 29,166
塔夫绸 - - 48,932 - -
绸子 - - 62,426 84,779 97,860
丝绸之路 - - 85,142 21,633 37,643