• 445th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 85 words
  • Component in 20 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiǔ (jiu3)nine • 9

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

一言九鼎 
十九 
马英九 (馬英九)

Uncommon

九九归一 (九九歸一)
九十 
九寨沟 (九寨溝)
九州 
九成 
九月 
九月份 
九江 
九华山 (九華山)
九霄云外 (九霄雲外)
九龙 (九龍)
龙生九子 (龍生九子)

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  • 445th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 85 words
  • Component in 20 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiǔ (jiu3)nine • 9

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

一言九鼎 
十九 
马英九 (馬英九)

Uncommon

九九归一 (九九歸一)
九十 
九寨沟 (九寨溝)
九州 
九成 
九月 
九月份 
九江 
九华山 (九華山)
九霄云外 (九霄雲外)
九龙 (九龍)
龙生九子 (龍生九子)

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  • 931st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 101 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. guī (Gui1)surname Gui
2. guī (gui1)to return • to go back to • to give back to • (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by • to belong to • to gather together • (used between two identical verbs) despite • to marry (of a woman) (old) • division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

回归 (回歸)
归宿 (歸宿)
归途 (歸途)
海归 (海歸)

Uncommon

九九归一 (九九歸一)
早出晚归 (早出晚歸)
归入 (歸入)
归国 (歸國)
归属 (歸屬)
归属感 (歸屬感)
归心 (歸心)
归心似箭 (歸心似箭)
归于 (歸於)
归根到底 (歸根到底)
归案 (歸案)
归程 (歸程)
归纳 (歸納)
归结 (歸結)
归还 (歸還)
归队 (歸隊)
归隐 (歸隱)
归类 (歸類)
殊途同归 (殊途同歸)
满载而归 (滿載而歸)
无家可归 (無家可歸)
当归 (當歸)
总归 (總歸)
落叶归根 (落葉歸根)
返璞归真 (返璞歸真)

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  • 2nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~1.58% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 886 words
  • Component in 68 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (yi1)one • 1 • single • a (article) • as soon as • entire • whole • all • throughout • "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (yi1)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

一下 
一些 
一切 
一定 
一样 (一樣)
一直 
一起 
一点 (一點)
在一起 
第一 

Uncommon

一一 
一下子 
一共 
一再 
一半 
一口气 (一口氣)
一同 
一向 
一味 
一呼百应 (一呼百應)
一塌糊涂 (一塌糊塗)
一大早 
一如既往 
一帆风顺 (一帆風順)
一度 
一心 
一手 
一旁 
一旦 
一早 
一时 (一時)
一会 (一會)
一会儿 (一會兒)
一月 
一次性 
一流 
一无所有 (一無所有)
一片 
一生 
一石二鸟 (一石二鳥)
一致 
一举 (一舉)
一般 
一言九鼎 
一路 
一辈子 (一輩子)
一边 (一邊)
一阵子 (一陣子)
一体 (一體)
一鸣惊人 (一鳴驚人)
一点儿 (一點兒)
一点点 (一點點)
一齐 (一齊)
之一 
初一 
十一 
唯一 
专一 (專一)
星期一 
清一色 
独一无二 (獨一無二)
百里挑一 (百裡挑一)
统一 (統一)
万一 (萬一)
周一 (週一)
进一步 (進一步)

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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.