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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 束发

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
束发 shù fà - to tie up one's hair
- (literary) (of a boy) to be in one's adolescence (in ancient China, boys tied up their hair)

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
- - - 81,333 68,094

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shù- surname Shu
shù- to bind
- bunch
- bundle
- classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc
- to control
- to send out
- to show (one's feeling)
- to issue
- to develop
- to make a bundle of money
- classifier for gunshots (rounds)
- hair
- Taiwan pr. [fa3]

Other Words Containing 束发

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