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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 姚

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
姚 yáo - surname Yao
姚 yáo - handsome
- good-looking

List Ranking for: 姚

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
- - 33,972 4,971 8,188

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 女 兆

Radical:

女

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

兆

Semantic:

女

Hint:

Woman

Other Words Containing 姚

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
姚 - - 33,972 4,971 8,188
姚明 - - 41,664 5,139 15,826