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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 臊

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
臊 sāo - to smell of urine (or sweat etc)
臊 sào - shame
- bashfulness
- to shame
- to humiliate

List Ranking for: 臊

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
- - 33,142 44,763 27,811

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ ⺼ 喿

Radical:

⺼

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

喿

Semantic:

⺼

Hint:

Flesh

Other Words Containing 臊

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
害臊 - - 19,173 50,073 25,322
臊 - - 33,142 44,763 27,811