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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 皮层

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
皮层 pí céng - cortex

List Ranking for: 皮层

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
- - 21,897 24,164 39,395

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
皮 pí- surname Pi
皮 pí- leather
- skin
- fur
- CL:張|张[zhang1]
- pico- (one trillionth)
- naughty
层 céng- to pile on top of one another
- layer; stratum
- floor (of a building); story
- (math.) sheaf
- classifier for layers

Other Words Containing 皮层

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
皮层 - - 21,897 24,164 39,395