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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 鞠

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
鞠 jū - surname Ju
鞠 jū - to incline (one's torso); to bow
- leather ball used in ancient times
- (literary) to bring up; to rear
- Taiwan pr. [ju2]

List Ranking for: 鞠

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
- - 20,055 24,667 30,187

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 革 匊

Radical:

革

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

匊

Semantic:

革

Hint:

Leather

Other Words Containing 鞠

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
鞠躬 6 7 9,304 18,418 12,572
鞠 - - 20,055 24,667 30,187
鞠躬尽瘁 - - 28,686 44,819 33,367