qiān HSK5

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qiān frequency
variants ,
label or tag nounverb
A small strip of paper or other material used as a marker or label.
skewer or toothpick noun
A thin, sharp-pointed piece of bamboo, wood, or plastic, such as a skewer or a toothpick.
bamboo sliver
A small, thin piece of bamboo or wood, often used for divination, gambling, or as a counting tool; also refers to the inscribed sticks used to seek divine guidance.
to stitch
(Colloquial) To sew roughly or with large, loose stitches.
qiān
variant
arrest warrant
(In ancient government offices) a piece of bamboo or wood used as a warrant for arrest or punishment

Frequency

Movie subtitles
73.6 per million appears in 21% of films
Written text
36.8 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Strokes
21
Unicode
U+7C56

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)