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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
chǎn - to scrape the ground with a spade (to make it level or to remove weeds); to shovel
chǎn - to scrape the ground with a spade (to make it level or to remove weeds); to shovel (variant of 剷|铲[chan3])
- (bound form) spade; shovel

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 8 8,255 9,854 9,619

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Metal

Other Words Containing

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 (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
铲子 - 8 8,065 45,135 27,926
- 8 8,255 9,854 9,619
铲除 - - 11,310 19,659 29,450
铲车 - - 40,243 42,702 53,664
铲土机 - - 57,338 - -
锅铲 - - 57,632 63,994 34,563