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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 懾

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
慑 shè - afraid
- be feared
- to fear
- to frighten
- to intimidate

List Ranking for: 慑

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
- - 29,459 31,780 50,316

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 忄 聂

Radical:

忄

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

聂

Semantic:

忄

Hint:

Heart

Other Words Containing 慑

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
震慑 - - 24,709 19,481 23,512
慑 - - 29,459 31,780 50,316
威慑 - 7 31,506 23,918 42,287
慑服 - - 47,834 94,253 101,769
核威慑 - - 67,727 65,297 87,519