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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 嗯

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
嗯 ēn - (a groaning sound)
嗯 èn - (nonverbal grunt as interjection)
- OK, yeah
- what?
嗯 en - interjection indicating approval, appreciation or agreement

List Ranking for: 嗯

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
6 4 128 2,655 993

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 口 恩

Radical:

口

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

恩

Semantic:

口

Hint:

Mouth

Other Words Containing 嗯

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
嗯 6 4 128 2,655 993