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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 呛

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
呛 qiāng - to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way)
呛 qiàng - to irritate the nose
- to choke (of smoke, smell etc)
- pungent
- (coll.) (Tw) to shout at sb
- to scold
- to speak out against sb

List Ranking for: 呛

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
- 7 11,513 11,748 9,454

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 口 仓

Radical:

口

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

仓

Semantic:

口

Hint:

Mouth

Other Words Containing 呛

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
呛 - 7 11,513 11,748 9,454
够呛 - 7 11,577 31,206 17,851