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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 舌根

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
舌根 shé gēn - back of tongue
- tongue root
- dorsal

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
- - 56,892 56,240 40,433

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"
shé- tongue
gēn- root
- basis
- classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
- CL:條|条[tiao2]
- radical (chemistry)

Other Words Containing 舌根

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
舌根 - - 56,892 56,240 40,433