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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 鞠躬

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
鞠躬 jū gōng - to bow
- (literary) to bend down

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
6 8 9,304 18,418 12,572

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- surname Ju
- to incline (one's torso); to bow
- leather ball used in ancient times
- (literary) to bring up; to rear
- Taiwan pr. [ju2]
gōng- (literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso)
- (bound form) to bow
- (literary) oneself; personally
gōng- old variant of 躬[gong1]

Other Words Containing 鞠躬

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
鞠躬 6 8 9,304 18,418 12,572
鞠躬尽瘁 - - 28,686 44,819 33,367