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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
dié - (bound form) butterfly
dié - variant of 蝶[die2]

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
- - 21,598 8,210 6,348

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Insect

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
蝴蝶 5 - 4,790 8,180 4,993
蝴蝶结 - - 16,835 13,989 5,513
- - 21,598 8,210 6,348
蝶泳 - - 40,424 35,866 74,079
蝶骨 - - 53,590 95,761 -
招蜂引蝶 - - 53,822 84,848 41,875
胡蝶 - - 96,419 74,791 60,387