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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 謠

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
谣 yáo - popular ballad
- rumor

List Ranking for: 谣

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
- - 31,025 26,070 15,345

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 讠 䍃

Radical:

讠

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

䍃

Semantic:

讠

Hint:

Speech

Other Words Containing 谣

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
谣言 6 7 4,913 11,856 7,945
民谣 - - 9,737 24,307 17,218
谣传 - - 12,245 37,151 31,828
造谣 - - 23,408 21,330 10,834
童谣 - - 27,326 35,135 32,190
歌谣 - 7 27,558 22,329 11,300
谣 - - 31,025 26,070 15,345
辟谣 - - 66,295 16,916 7,054