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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 霄

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
霄 xiāo - firmament
- heaven

List Ranking for: 霄

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
- - 57,596 24,514 18,764

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱ 雨 肖

Radical:

雨

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

To look like 肖 rain 雨; 肖 also provides the pronunciation

Other Words Containing 霄

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
云霄 - - 13,065 23,467 21,822
九霄云外 - - 35,062 51,451 43,672
霄 - - 57,596 24,514 18,764
通霄 - - 89,901 - -