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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 冽

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
冽 liè - cold and raw

List Ranking for: 冽

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
- - 67,352 50,868 40,979

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 冫 列

Radical:

冫

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

列

Semantic:

冫

Hint:

Ice

Other Words Containing 冽

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
凛冽 - - 37,056 27,883 17,275
冽 - - 67,352 50,868 40,979