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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 文字狱

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
文字狱 wén zì yù - literary inquisition
- official persecution of intellectuals for their writing

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
- - - 71,482 50,928

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
wén- surname Wen
wén- language
- culture
- writing
- formal
- literary
- gentle
- (old) classifier for coins
- Kangxi radical 67
- letter
- symbol
- character
- word
- CL:個|个[ge4]
- courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
- prison

Other Words Containing 文字狱

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