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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 肾

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
肾 shèn - kidney

List Ranking for: 肾

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
- 7 5,366 2,985 4,389

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱⿰? 又 ⺼

Radical:

⺼

Type:

Pictophonetic

Semantic:

⺼

Hint:

Flesh

Other Words Containing 肾

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
肾 - 7 5,366 2,985 4,389
肾上腺 - - 6,793 18,742 41,574
肾脏 - - 8,365 10,270 14,783
肾结石 - - 28,625 45,312 42,484
肾炎 - - 58,186 19,954 30,764
肾盂 - - 68,857 36,398 -