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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 该

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
该 gāi - should
- ought to
- probably
- must be
- to deserve
- to owe
- to be sb's turn to do sth
- that
- the above-mentioned

List Ranking for: 该

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
- 3 129 105 247

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 讠 亥

Radical:

讠

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

亥

Semantic:

讠

Hint:

Speech

Other Words Containing 该

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
应该 3 3 115 234 236
该 - 3 129 105 247
该死 - - 430 9,309 4,679
活该 6 7 6,285 15,729 6,419