• 282nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 314 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
No glyph availablelinedot
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shū (Shu1)abbr. for 書經|书经[shu1 jing1]
2. shū (shu1)book • letter • document • CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4] • to write

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shū (shu1)The component is pronounced as 'zhǔ' (zhu3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for shū (shu1)The component is pronounced as 'shù' (shu4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

图书馆 (圖書館)
情书 (情書)
书包 (書包)
书写 (書寫)
书店 (書店)
书记 (書記)
看书 (看書)
秘书 (秘書)
读书 (讀書)

Uncommon

上书 (上書)
出书 (出書)
副书记 (副書記)
丛书 (叢書)
史书 (史書)
图书 (圖書)
天书 (天書)
念书 (念書)
教书 (教書)
教科书 (教科書)
文书 (文書)
书信 (書信)
书名 (書名)
书呆子 (書呆子)
书房 (書房)
书本 (書本)
书架 (書架)
书桌 (書桌)
书柜 (書櫃)
书法 (書法)
书法家 (書法家)
书画 (書畫)
书签 (書簽)
书籍 (書籍)
书评 (書評)
书院 (書院)
书面 (書面)
书页 (書頁)
书香 (書香)
琴棋书画 (琴棋書畫)
毕业证书 (畢業證書)
疾书 (疾書)
白皮书 (白皮書)
百科全书 (百科全書)
秘书长 (秘書長)
经书 (經書)
总书记 (總書記)
背书 (背書)
旧书 (舊書)
说明书 (說明書)
证书 (證書)
读书人 (讀書人)
读书会 (讀書會)
遗书 (遺書)
闲书 (閒書)
电子书 (電子書)

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  • 65th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.24% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 532 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Fa3)France • French • abbr. for 法國|法国[Fa3 guo2]
2. (fa3)law • method • way • Buddhist teaching • Legalist

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

做法 
想法 
方法 
没法 (沒法)
法国 (法國)
法律 
无法 (無法)
说法 (說法)
办法 (辦法)
魔法 

Uncommon

不法 
佛法 
作法 
依法 
兵法 
刑法 
加法 
司法 
吃法 
合法 
执法 (執法)
婚姻法 
宪法 (憲法)
戏法 (戲法)
手法 
打法 
政法 
书法 (書法)
书法家 (書法家)
枪法 (槍法)
法人 
法制 
法则 (法則)
法国人 (法國人)
法子 
法学 (法學)
法官 
法定 
法宝 (法寶)
法师 (法師)
法庭 
法式 
法拉利 
法案 
法治 
法海 
法网 (法網)
法老 
法兰克福 (法蘭克福)
法规 (法規)
法语 (法語)
法院 
无法无天 (無法無天)
犯法 
用法 
疗法 (療法)
看法 
立法 
算法 
设法 (設法)
语法 (語法)
输入法 (輸入法)
违法 (違法)
非法 
魔法师 (魔法師)

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  • 56th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.26% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 583 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiā (Jia1)surname Jia
2. jiā (jia1)home • family • classifier for families or businesses • refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China • noun suffix for specialists in some activity such as musician or revolutionary, corresponds to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

回家 
大家 
玩家 

Uncommon

人家 
作家 
冤家 
到家 
合家 
咱家 
商家 
回老家 
国家 (國家)
墨家 
娘家 
宜家 
家人 
家伙 
家具 
家务 (家務)
家园 (家園)
家子 
家居 
家属 (家屬)
家常 
家庭 
家族 
家用 
家里 (家裡)
家乡 (家鄉)
家长 (家長)
家门 (家門)
专家 (專家)
居家 
想家 
搬家 
独家 (獨家)
皇家 
石家庄 (石家莊)
科学家 (科學家)
老人家 
老家 
自家 
艺术家 (藝術家)
评论家 (評論家)
买家 (買家)
邻家 (鄰家)
阖家 (闔家)

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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.