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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 竺可桢

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
竺可桢 zhú kě zhēn - Zhu Kezhen (1890-1974), Chinese metereologist and geologist

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
- - - 78,854 103,598

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zhú- surname Zhu
- abbr. for 天竺[Tian1zhu2], India (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context)
- (archaic) Buddhism
- variant of 篤|笃[du3]
- (prefix) can; may; able to; -able
- to approve; to permit
- to suit
- (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very
- but; however
- used in 可汗[ke4 han2]
zhēn- (old) privet (genus Ligustrum)
- (bound form) (old) wooden support placed at the ends of a wall during construction; (fig.) mainstay; pillar; backbone

Other Words Containing 竺可桢

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo