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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
wèn - to ask; to inquire

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
2 1 201 293 260

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Mouth

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
问题 2 2 131 89 293
2 1 201 293 260
请问 - 1 2,412 4,968 2,288
毫无疑问 - - 2,637 9,405 16,256
顾问 6 5 2,959 4,535 10,674
询问 5 5 3,422 3,608 9,207
访问 4 3 4,188 2,178 5,956
问好 - - 4,423 18,155 9,214
审问 - - 4,597 27,968 40,449
疑问 5 4 4,634 6,209 9,483
问候 5 4 5,541 6,702 3,368
提问 5 3 5,561 4,615 3,094
盘问 - - 7,184 27,323 44,863
问话 - - 7,783 21,285 35,124
拷问 - - 9,417 30,353 21,511
讯问 - - 10,293 20,871 61,894
成问题 - 8 10,932 32,747 28,063
质问 - 8 11,331 14,120 13,403
问答 - - 12,417 17,264 11,544
扪心自问 - - 13,011 46,897 28,692
问讯 - - 13,105 46,575 84,666
追问 - 8 15,492 9,396 12,294
过问 6 - 16,198 17,265 22,079
问卷 - 8 17,127 9,455 6,255
发问 - - 17,128 20,557 27,618
问路 - 2 18,817 - -
学问 5 4 19,037 10,362 7,034
不闻不问 - - 19,208 32,250 23,270
慰问 6 5 20,009 6,972 10,487
自问 - - 21,063 33,046 24,879
反问 6 6 21,869 14,054 18,189
问世 6 9 22,050 11,180 12,931
问号 - - 22,432 21,730 18,220
问心无愧 - - 23,203 28,664 12,698
问道 - - 23,620 - -
查问 - - 24,063 47,153 84,110
刨根问底 - - 24,126 69,438 50,747
不问 - - 24,944 11,646 7,369
无人问津 - - 28,123 31,431 30,412
诘问 - - 33,286 60,867 69,452
问诊 - - 34,062 58,043 54,955
问鼎 - - 34,086 12,821 5,348
责问 - - 36,039 34,754 38,475
疑问句 - - 36,342 68,534 52,071
问罪 - - 36,652 64,745 82,533
答非所问 - - 38,956 54,891 50,046
问安 - - 39,279 64,462 44,448
借问 - - 44,184 73,280 38,398
试问 - - 44,583 22,969 13,826
投石问路 - - 49,335 65,276 92,961
嘘寒问暖 - - 59,113 38,739 22,358
探问 - - 68,381 62,923 83,000
问津 - - 71,028 33,522 51,912
国事访问 - - 82,134 - -
追根问底 - - 92,218 - -