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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 糟糠

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
糟糠 zāo kāng - chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor)
- (fig.) rubbish
- junk
- (abbr. for 糟糠妻[zao1 kang1 qi1]) wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband

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
- - - 99,434 51,450

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
糟 zāo- dregs
- draff
- pickled in wine
- rotten
- messy
- ruined
糠 kāng- husk
- (of a radish etc) spongy (and therefore unappetising)
糠 kāng- variant of 糠[kang1]
糠 kāng- old variant of 糠[kang1]

Other Words Containing 糟糠

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