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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
jīn - lapel
- overlap of Chinese gown
- fig. bosom (the seat of emotions)
- to cherish (ambition, desires, honorable intentions etc) in one's bosom

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
- - 33,982 29,211 17,639

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Cloth 衤 that restricts 禁; 禁 also provides the pronunciation

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
- - 33,982 29,211 17,639
胸襟 - - 35,292 21,759 11,535
襟翼 - - 41,418 - -
捉襟见肘 - - 43,583 29,434 47,463
衣襟 - - 62,845 32,959 -
连襟 - - 87,443 90,127 74,885