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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 罪魁祸首

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
罪魁祸首 zuì kuí - huò shǒu - (idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster

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
- 8 13,316 22,678 22,305

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zuì- guilt
- crime
- fault
- blame
- sin
zuì- variant of 罪[zui4], crime
kuí- chief
- head
- outstanding
- exceptional
- stalwart
huò- old variant of 禍|祸[huo4]
huò- disaster
- misfortune
- calamity
shǒu- head
- chief
- first (occasion, thing etc)
- classifier for poems, songs etc

Other Words Containing 罪魁祸首

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
罪魁祸首 - 8 13,316 22,678 22,305