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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 檸

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
柠 níng - used in 檸檬|柠檬[ning2meng2]

List Ranking for: 柠

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
- - 27,719 38,083 18,910

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 木 宁

Radical:

木

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

宁

Semantic:

木

Hint:

Tree

Other Words Containing 柠

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
柠檬 - - 5,455 8,308 3,153
柠檬水 - - 10,642 40,056 15,653
柠檬汁 - - 13,483 - -
柠 - - 27,719 38,083 18,910
柠檬茶 - - 36,893 49,561 20,332
柠檬酸 - - 40,378 33,931 32,392