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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
- chess
- chess-like game
- a game of chess
- CL:盤|盘[pan2]
- chess piece
- CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]
- variant of 棋[qi2]
- variant of 棋[qi2]

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
- 8 9,602 5,623 7,483

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Wood

Other Words Containing

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
- 8 9,602 5,623 7,483
下棋 - 8 11,710 21,495 22,962
棋子 - 8 11,864 21,031 21,973
象棋 5 - 12,749 17,991 20,188
棋盘 - - 15,925 23,162 32,454
国际象棋 - - 17,842 18,334 39,650
跳棋 - - 20,424 78,902 47,789
围棋 - - 29,729 8,612 18,027
棋局 - - 30,002 33,515 29,736
举棋不定 - - 36,421 39,824 22,469
死棋 - - 36,542 - 98,741
棋手 - - 42,174 9,198 49,636
棋艺 - - 42,561 53,403 66,939
悔棋 - - 52,049 - 61,230
棋谱 - - 60,504 65,176 59,722
棋王 - - 69,984 46,677 81,985
棋赛 - - 75,326 50,826 110,649
五子棋 - - 89,018 65,526 38,133