• 125th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.16% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 443 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. sān (San1)surname San
2. sān (san1)three • 3

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

三亚 (三亞)
三十 
三峡 (三峽)
三星 
三角 
初三 
十三 
周三 (週三)

Uncommon

三亚市 (三亞市)
三八 
三分之一 
三十六计 (三十六計)
三十而立 
三合一 
三国志 (三國志)
三姑六婆 
三字经 (三字經)
三岔口 
三心二意 
三思而后行 (三思而後行)
三文鱼 (三文魚)
三明 
三明治 
三更半夜 
三月 
三月份 
三民主义 (三民主義)
三生有幸 
三维 (三維)
三色 
三菱 
三叶草 (三葉草)
三角形 
三角洲 
三言两语 (三言兩語)
三军 (三軍)
三轮车 (三輪車)
三连胜 (三連勝)
三里屯 
三门峡 (三門峽)
三头肌 (三頭肌)
三顾茅庐 (三顧茅廬)
三鲜 (三鮮)
不三不四 
丢三落四 (丟三落四)
再三 
十三点 (十三點)
大三 
小三 
年三十 
张三 (張三)
挑三拣四 (挑三揀四)
接二连三 (接二連三)
星期三 
火冒三丈 
第三十 
第三者 
隔三差五 

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  • 735th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 257 words
  • Component in 32 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jué (Jue2)surname Jue
2. jiǎo (jiao3)angle • corner • horn • horn-shaped • unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan • CL:個|个[ge4]
3. jué (jue2)role (theater) • to compete • ancient three legged wine vessel • third note of pentatonic scale

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiǎo (jiao3)The component is pronounced as 'jiǎo' (jiao3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for jiǎo (jiao3)The component is pronounced as 'jué' (jue2). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for jué (jue2)The component is pronounced as 'jiǎo' (jiao3). It has the same pinyin initial.
4. Pronunciation clue for jué (jue2)The component is pronounced as 'jué' (jue2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

主角 
角度 
角色 
角落 

Uncommon

三角 
三角形 
三角洲 
八角 
勾心斗角 (勾心鬥角)
口角 
崭露头角 (嶄露頭角)
旺角 
死角 
海角 
墙角 (牆角)
牛角 
独角戏 (獨角戲)
眼角 
棱角 (稜角)
豆角 (荳角)
号角 (號角)
视角 (視角)
角膜 
角质 (角質)
角逐 
转角 (轉角)
配角 

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  • 269th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 249 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xíng (xing2)to appear • to look • form • shape

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

形容 
形式 
形成 
形状 (形狀)
形象 
无形 (無形)
变形 (變形)
隐形 (隱形)

Uncommon

三角形 
人形 
原形 
圆形 (圓形)
图形 (圖形)
地形 
外形 
如影随形 (如影隨形)
字形 
弓形 
形势 (形勢)
形容词 (形容詞)
形式主义 (形式主義)
形形色色 
形影不离 (形影不離)
形态 (形態)
形体 (形體)
情形 
整形 
方形 
有形 
条形码 (條形碼)
现形 (現形)
球形 
异形 (異形)
畸形 
菱形 
身形 
长方形 (長方形)
雏形 (雛形)
体形 (體形)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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