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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 誦

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
诵 sòng - to read aloud
- to recite

List Ranking for: 诵

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
- - 45,454 15,731 20,504

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 讠 甬

Radical:

讠

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

甬

Semantic:

讠

Hint:

Speech

Other Words Containing 诵

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
背诵 6 7 16,538 22,537 19,945
朗诵 - 7 18,935 18,150 16,923
诵读 - - 20,761 36,502 43,525
吟诵 - - 40,020 48,700 44,079
诵 - - 45,454 15,731 20,504
念诵 - - 48,160 70,311 46,909
诵经 - - 49,152 46,620 33,914
传诵 - - 57,579 54,215 62,504