危
wēiWēi HSK3

dangerous

危 wēi frequency
danger verb
a state of peril, risk, or being unsafe

居安思危是中华民族传统美德中非常重要的一条。

jū'ān​sī​wēi shì Zhōng​huá mín​zú chuán​tǒng měi​dé zhōng fēi​cháng zhòng​yào de yī tiáo.

Staying vigilant in times of peace is a very important traditional Chinese virtue.

endanger verb
to cause harm to or put in jeopardy

“危及”中的“危”字有损害、威胁的意思。

“ wēi​jí” zhōng de“ wēi” zì yǒu sǔn​hài, wēi​xié de yì​si.

The character 'wei' in 'weiji' means to harm or threaten.

危 Wēi
surname proper name
surname Wei

危先生在这里工作。

Wēi xiān​sheng zài zhè​lǐ gōng​zuò.

Mr. Wei works here.

Frequency
Character
Written text
826th most common 217.5 per million
Movie subtitles
770th most common 164.7 per million appears in 54% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2.15 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
14.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+5371

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)