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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 色素

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
色素 sè sù - pigment

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
- - 21,066 10,970 9,723

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
色 sè- color
- CL:種|种[zhong3]
- look
- appearance
- sex
色 shǎi- (coll.) color
- used in 色子[shai3zi5]
素 sù- raw silk
- white
- plain, unadorned
- vegetarian (food)
- essence
- nature
- element
- constituent
- usually
- always
- ever

Other Words Containing 色素

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
色素 - - 21,066 10,970 9,723
黑色素 - - 44,276 20,351 14,861
血色素 - - 44,317 70,258 68,670