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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 氮

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
氮 dàn - nitrogen (chemistry)

List Ranking for: 氮

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
- - 14,344 8,091 28,573

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿹ 气 炎

Radical:

气

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

炎

Semantic:

气

Hint:

Gas

Other Words Containing 氮

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
氮 - - 14,344 8,091 28,573
液氮 - - 20,625 - -
氮气 - - 22,114 43,711 67,923
氮氧化物 - - 90,823 - -