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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 硎

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
硎 xíng - whetstone

List Ranking for: 硎

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
- - - 23,631 30,839

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 石 刑

Radical:

石

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

刑

Semantic:

石

Hint:

Stone

Other Words Containing 硎

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