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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 咛

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
咛 níng - to enjoin

List Ranking for: 咛

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
- - - 32,092 40,160

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 口 宁

Radical:

口

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

宁

Semantic:

口

Hint:

Mouth

Other Words Containing 咛

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
叮咛 - - 56,180 41,745 31,609