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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 曇

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
昙 tán - dark clouds

List Ranking for: 昙

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
- - - 34,350 34,606

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱ 日 云

Radical:

日

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

The sun 日 hidden behind a cloud 云

Other Words Containing 昙

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
昙花一现 - - 33,845 30,992 25,116
昙花 - - 80,427 51,493 29,989