• 14th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.57% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 825 words
  • Component in 15 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhōng (Zhong1)China • Chinese • surname Zhong
2. zhōng (zhong1)within • among • in • middle • center • while (doing sth) • during
3. zhòng (zhong4)to hit (the mark) • to be hit by • to suffer • to win (a prize, a lottery)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

中午 
中国 (中國)
中国人 (中國人)
中央 
中心 
中意 
中文 
中奖 (中獎)
中华 (中華)
中间 (中間)
之中 
其中 
高中 

Uncommon

中介 
中伤 (中傷)
中共 
中南海 
中原 
中国式 (中國式)
中场 (中場)
中外 
中天 
中学 (中學)
中学生 (中學生)
中层 (中層)
中山 
中年 
中庸 
中式 
中性 
中指 
中新网 (中新網)
中断 (中斷)
中方 
中旬 
中暑 
中期 
中东 (中東)
中枢 (中樞)
中毒 
中环 (中環)
中产 (中產)
中石化 
中秋 
中秋节 (中秋節)
中立 
中等 
中级 (中級)
中老年 
中肯 
中兴 (中興)
中药 (中藥)
中行 
中西 
中转 (中轉)
中途 
中游 (中遊)
中部 
中医 (中醫)
中锋 (中鋒)
中关村 (中關村)
中风 (中風)
中饭 (中飯)
中餐 
个中 (個中)
初中 
台中 
命中 
命中率 
国中 (國中)
地中海 
梦中 (夢中)
孙中山 (孫中山)
家中 
市中心 
年中 
从中 (從中)
心中 
意中人 
击中 (擊中)
暗中 
无中生有 (無中生有)
猜中 
当中 (當中)
目中无人 (目中無人)
看中 
空中 
美中不足 
途中 
适中 (適中)
选中 (選中)
集中 
集中营 (集中營)
高中生 

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  • 179th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.12% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 276 words
  • Component in 71 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lǎo (lao3)prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity • old (of people) • venerable (person) • experienced • of long standing • always • all the time • of the past • very • outdated • (of meat etc) tough

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for lǎo (lao3)The component is pronounced as 'lǎo' (lao3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

老公 
老婆 
老妈 (老媽)
老子 
老家 
老师 (老師)
老爸 
老板 (老闆)

Uncommon

偕老 
古老 
回老家 
年老 
白头偕老 (白頭偕老)
老人 
老人家 
老化 
老外 
老大 
老天 
老天爷 (老天爺)
老太 
老太太 
老娘 
老实 (老實)
老年 
老年人 
老弟 
老早 
老是 
老板娘 
老汉 (老漢)
老爷 (老爺)
老爷爷 (老爺爺)
老百姓 
老虎 
老乡 (老鄉)
老头 (老頭)
老头子 (老頭子)
老鼠 
苍老 (蒼老)
衰老 
养老 (養老)
养老金 (養老金)

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  • 45th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.31% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 305 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. nián (Nian2)surname Nian
2. nián (nian2)year • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

今年 
拜年 
新年 
过年 (過年)
龙年 (龍年)

Uncommon

中年 
来年 (來年)
兔年 
去年 
少年 
年代 
年初 
年夜 
年夜饭 (年夜飯)
年少 
年年 
年底 
年度 
年会 (年會)
年糕 
年纪 (年紀)
年级 (年級)
年终 (年終)
年华 (年華)
年货 (年貨)
年轻 (年輕)
年轻人 (年輕人)
年关 (年關)
年头 (年頭)
年龄 (年齡)
往年 
早年 
明年 
更年期 
流年 
当年 (當年)
童年 
丰年 (豐年)
周年 (週年)
青年 

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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.