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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 首都

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
首都 shǒu dū - capital (city)
- CL:個|个[ge4]

List Ranking for: 首都

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
4 4 5,968 2,995 6,772

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
首 shǒu- head
- chief
- first (occasion, thing etc)
- classifier for poems, songs etc
都 dū- surname Du
都 dōu- all; both; entirely
- (used for emphasis) even
- already
- (not) at all
都 dū- capital city
- metropolis

Other Words Containing 首都

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
首都 4 4 5,968 2,995 6,772