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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 矿石

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
矿石 kuàng shí - ore

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
- - 17,228 14,956 42,864

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
kuàng- mineral deposit; ore deposit
- ore
- a mine
kuàng- variant of 礦|矿[kuang4]
shí- surname Shi
- abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2jia1zhuang1], the capital of Hebei
dàn- dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters
- ancient pr. [shi2]
shí- rock
- stone
- stone inscription
- one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

Other Words Containing 矿石

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
矿石 - - 17,228 14,956 42,864
铁矿石 - - 86,832 11,889 29,993