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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 鞭策

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
鞭策 biān cè - to spur on
- to urge on
- to encourage sb (e.g. to make progress)

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 9 24,399 24,719 19,205

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
biān- whip or lash
- to flog
- to whip
- conductor's baton
- segmented iron weapon (old)
- penis (of animal, served as food)
- surname Ce
- policy
- plan
- scheme
- bamboo slip for writing (old)
- to whip (a horse)
- to encourage
- riding crop with sharp spines (old)
- essay written for the imperial examinations (old)
- upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy
- variant of 策[ce4]
- variant of 策[ce4]

Other Words Containing 鞭策

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
鞭策 6 9 24,399 24,719 19,205