• 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

also appears in:

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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  • 288th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 176 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
fieldhumanNo glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiè (jie4)boundary • scope • extent • circles • group • kingdom (taxonomy)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiè (jie4)The component is pronounced as 'jiè' (jie4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

世界 

Uncommon

境界 
外界 
张家界 (張家界)
界面 

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  • 1394th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 42 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bēi (bei1)cup • classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for bēi (bei1)The component is pronounced as '' (bu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for bēi (bei1)The component is pronounced as '' (bu3). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for bēi (bei1)The component is pronounced as 'bo' (bo5). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

杯子 

Uncommon

世界杯 
干杯 (乾杯)
玻璃杯 
纸杯 (紙杯)
举杯 (舉杯)
茶杯 
贪杯 (貪杯)
酒杯 
马克杯 (馬克杯)

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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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