• 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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  • 59th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.26% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 396 words
  • Component in 8 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chéng (Cheng2)surname Cheng
2. chéng (cheng2)to succeed • to finish • to complete • to accomplish • to become • to turn into • to be all right • OK! • one tenth

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

完成 
成功 
成就 
成为 (成為)
成长 (成長)
变成 (變成)

Uncommon

事业有成 (事業有成)
切成 
合成 
建成 
形成 
成交 
成人 
成全 
成分 
成名 
成员 (成員)
成天 
成年 
成日 
成本 
成果 
成熟 
成真 
成立 
成绩 (成績)
成绩单 (成績單)
成语 (成語)
成都 
成龙 (成龍)
改成 
构成 (構成)
当成 (當成)
看成 
组成 (組成)
造成 
达成 (達成)
养成 (養成)

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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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