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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 雁

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
雁 yàn - wild goose
雁 yàn - variant of 雁[yan4]

List Ranking for: 雁

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 36,461 11,571 10,164

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿸ 厂 倠

Radical:

隹

Type:

Pictophonetic

Semantic:

隹

Hint:

Bird

Other Words Containing 雁

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 (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
雁 - - 36,461 11,571 10,164
大雁 - 7 60,802 34,523 26,266
沉鱼落雁 - - 65,912 66,149 36,209
雪雁 - - 75,466 - -