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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 黔

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
黔 qián - abbr. for Guizhou province 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]

List Ranking for: 黔

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
- - - 15,266 33,380

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 黑 今

Radical:

黑

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

今

Semantic:

黑

Hint:

Black

Other Words Containing 黔

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
黔驴技穷 - - 28,282 71,419 49,478