Entry
  1. residence of a noble; top candidate in the imperial examinations

Characters in this word

2
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first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1], (used for an unspecified person or thing), first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc), letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc, armor plating, shell or carapace, (of the fingers or toes) nail, bladed leather or metal armor (old), ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old), civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old), ancient Chinese compass point: 75°

Pinyin
jiǎ
Strokes
5
Frequency
24738 of 2500
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(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth"), (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed, (old) residence of a high official, (literary) but; however, (literary) only; just

Pinyin
Strokes
11
Frequency
838 of 2500