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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
- drum
- CL:通[tong4],面[mian4]
- to drum
- to strike
- to rouse
- to bulge
- to swell
- old variant of 鼓[gu3]

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
- 5 4,673 6,353 5,852

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Drum

Other Words Containing

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
鼓励 4 5 3,394 1,905 3,401
鼓掌 4 5 3,681 9,570 6,090
- 5 4,673 6,353 5,852
鼓舞 5 7 7,186 6,268 13,710
蒙在鼓里 - - 8,900 41,641 40,211
鼓手 - - 10,359 35,483 22,282
鼓动 6 8 17,295 19,676 27,754
打鼓 - - 17,453 36,288 22,191
鼓声 - - 17,897 35,410 48,842
鼓吹 - - 18,502 15,100 24,331
欢欣鼓舞 - - 21,170 27,144 40,676
打退堂鼓 - - 23,608 61,274 62,721
重整旗鼓 - - 24,146 58,501 61,176
捣鼓 - - 25,938 45,950 23,161
鼓鼓的 - - 26,258 51,973 37,973
鼓点 - - 27,078 46,054 36,356
大张旗鼓 - - 27,169 23,022 35,362
旗鼓相当 - - 28,006 44,210 59,386
鼓捣 - - 28,982 45,814 25,510
令人鼓舞 - - 30,719 - -
鼓风机 - - 33,727 47,270 71,225
一鼓作气 - 9 36,321 34,034 36,096
拨浪鼓 - - 42,105 66,610 66,578
耳鼓 - - 45,669 66,533 103,818
鼓噪 - - 46,149 44,501 53,273
鼓膜 - - 47,437 52,316 64,563
鼓吹者 - - 49,195 92,111 121,557
鼓风 - - 51,588 75,749 -
大鼓 - - 53,439 42,278 47,746
气鼓鼓 - - 53,464 63,420 64,915
定音鼓 - - 60,974 - 109,290
鼓风炉 - - 67,817 - -
敲边鼓 - 9 77,945 - 108,739
偃旗息鼓 - - 78,335 45,264 49,045
紧锣密鼓 - - 82,859 19,463 38,788
鱼鼓 - - 87,153 - 111,261
锣鼓 - - 94,571 21,056 20,842