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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 鲠

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
鲠 gěng - to choke on a piece of food
鲠 gěng - to choke on a piece of food
- (literary) a fish bone lodged in one's throat

List Ranking for: 鲠

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
- - 64,682 - 119,664

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 鱼 更

Radical:

鱼

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

更

Semantic:

鱼

Hint:

Fish

Other Words Containing 鲠

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
鲠 - - 64,682 - 119,664