• 181st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.11% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 276 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shì (Shi4)surname Shi
2. shì (shi4)life • age • generation • era • world • lifetime • epoch • descendant • noble

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

世界 
乱世 (亂世)

Uncommon

一生一世 
世上 
世事 
世人 
世俗 
世家 
世故 
世界观 (世界觀)
世纪 (世紀)
世间 (世間)
乱世佳人 (亂世佳人)
人世 
今世 
出世 
前世 
去世 
在世 
尘世 (塵世)
盛世 
绝世 (絕世)
处世 (處世)

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  • 963rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 133 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
𠂇

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (bo2)extensive • ample • rich • obtain • aim • to win • to get • plentiful • to gamble

Pronunciation Clues

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Example Words

Common

博文 
微博 
微博客 

Uncommon

博友 
博士 
博客 
博物馆 (博物館)
赌博 (賭博)

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  • 29th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.38% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 581 words
  • Component in 12 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huì (hui4)can • be possible • be able to • will • be likely to • be sure to • to assemble • to meet • to gather • to see • union • group • association • CL:個|个[ge4] • a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [hui3])
2. kuài (kuai4)to balance an account • accountancy • accounting

Pronunciation Clues

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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

一会 (一會)
一会儿 (一會兒)
学会 (學會)
年会 (年會)
晚会 (晚會)
会员 (會員)
会议 (會議)
机会 (機會)
演唱会 (演唱會)
社会 (社會)
聚会 (聚會)
开会 (開會)
体会 (體會)
黑社会 (黑社會)

Uncommon

世博会 (世博會)
全会 (全會)
公会 (公會)
协会 (協會)
商会 (商會)
国会 (國會)
基金会 (基金會)
夜总会 (夜總會)
大会 (大會)
奥运会 (奧運會)
委员会 (委員會)
学生会 (學生會)
宴会 (宴會)
居委会 (居委會)
峰会 (峰會)
工会 (工會)
常委会 (常委會)
帮会 (幫會)
座谈会 (座談會)
庙会 (廟會)
待会儿 (待會兒)
招聘会 (招聘會)
教会 (教會)
会友 (會友)
会同 (會同)
会否 (會否)
会场 (會場)
会展 (會展)
会师 (會師)
会心 (會心)
会死 (會死)
会考 (會考)
会见 (會見)
会计 (會計)
会计师 (會計師)
会谈 (會談)
会议室 (會議室)
会变 (會變)
会长 (會長)
会面 (會面)
会馆 (會館)
理会 (理會)
发布会 (發佈會)
盛会 (盛會)
相会 (相會)
省会 (省會)
研讨会 (研討會)
社会主义 (社會主義)
社会化 (社會化)
社会学 (社會學)
约会 (約會)
联合会 (聯合會)
联欢会 (聯歡會)
舞会 (舞會)
茶话会 (茶話會)
董事会 (董事會)
记者会 (記者會)
误会 (誤會)
证监会 (證監會)
议会 (議會)
转会 (轉會)
运动会 (運動會)
都会 (都會)
酒会 (酒會)
集会 (集會)
音乐会 (音樂會)
领会 (領會)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.