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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 象形字

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
象形字 xiàng xíng zì - pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
- Chinese character derived from a picture
- sometimes called hieroglyph

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
- - 60,829 - -

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
象 xiàng- elephant
- CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- shape
- form
- appearance
- to imitate
形 xíng- to appear
- to look
- form
- shape
字 zì- letter
- symbol
- character
- word
- CL:個|个[ge4]
- courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

Other Words Containing 象形字

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
象形字 - - 60,829 - -