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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 硯

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
砚 yàn - ink-stone

List Ranking for: 砚

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
- - - 25,416 31,484

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 石 见

Radical:

石

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

见

Semantic:

石

Hint:

Stone

Other Words Containing 砚

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
砚台 - - 45,517 61,084 63,870