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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 鞭

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
鞭 biān - whip or lash
- to flog
- to whip
- conductor's baton
- segmented iron weapon (old)
- penis (of animal, served as food)

List Ranking for: 鞭

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
- - 14,018 11,706 15,843

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 革 便

Radical:

革

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

便

Semantic:

革

Other Words Containing 鞭

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
鞭子 - - 12,402 28,119 26,610
鞭 - - 14,018 11,706 15,843
鞭打 - - 16,218 47,860 37,776
鞭炮 5 7 23,141 10,912 6,060
鞭策 6 7 24,399 24,719 19,205
皮鞭 - - 29,654 42,677 27,458
鞭笞 - - 37,974 71,588 54,630
教鞭 - - 44,270 42,105 64,398
扬鞭 - - 57,353 61,730 59,887
鞭长莫及 - - 58,319 62,016 66,756
鞭挞 - - 67,962 54,216 48,043
鞭毛 - - 68,045 91,862 -