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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 笙

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
笙 shēng - sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes

List Ranking for: 笙

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
- - 30,938 17,556 16,074

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱ ⺮ 生

Radical:

⺮

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

生

Semantic:

⺮

Hint:

Bamboo

Other Words Containing 笙

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
笙 - - 30,938 17,556 16,074