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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 播种

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
播种 bō zhǒng - to sow seeds
播种 bō zhòng - to grow (maize etc) from seed
- to plant (maize etc) by sowing seed

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 - 22,233 8,028 15,820

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
播 bō- (bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc)
- Taiwan pr. [bo4]
种 zhǒng- seed
- species
- kind
- type
- classifier for types, kinds, sorts
种 zhòng- to plant
- to grow
- to cultivate

Other Words Containing 播种

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 (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
播种 6 - 22,233 8,028 15,820