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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 嬗

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
嬗 shàn - (literary) to go through successive changes; to evolve

List Ranking for: 嬗

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
- - - 46,851 67,225

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 女 亶

Radical:

女

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

亶

Semantic:

女

Hint:

Woman

Other Words Containing 嬗

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
嬗变 - - 52,475 40,987 29,715