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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 牧

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
牧 mù - surname Mu
牧 mù - to herd
- to breed livestock
- to govern (old)
- government official (old)

List Ranking for: 牧

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
- - 16,355 6,662 10,298

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 牛 攵

Radical:

牛

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

A hand 攵 leading an ox 牛

Other Words Containing 牧

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
牧师 - - 1,956 20,318 17,988
牧场 - 7 6,778 20,172 22,632
牧羊人 - - 14,030 57,284 42,690
牧 - - 16,355 6,662 10,298
牧羊犬 - - 16,372 - -
牧羊 - - 22,735 26,565 17,257
游牧 - - 25,636 27,084 39,576
牧人 - - 29,111 59,390 50,056
放牧 - - 31,136 24,870 51,280
牧草 - - 37,841 26,204 45,596
牧民 - 7 39,684 19,026 32,444
牧童 - - 40,700 58,907 47,299
牧群 - - 47,590 - -
牧业 - - 51,855 30,997 51,875
畜牧 6 7 55,202 12,986 47,568
畜牧业 - - 56,407 12,617 46,149
牧歌 - - 57,539 63,023 42,607
牧犬 - - 80,833 - 83,546
牧畜 - - 95,866 - 86,623
牧地 - - 96,821 92,156 -