• 58th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.26% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 469 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shì (shi4)matter • thing • item • work • affair • CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as 'shù' (shu4). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

事实 (事實)
事情 
事业 (事業)
同事 
故事 
万事如意 (萬事如意)

Uncommon

世事 
事事 
事件 
事先 
事儿 (事兒)
事务 (事務)
事后 (事後)
事故 
事业有成 (事業有成)
事物 
事变 (事變)
事项 (事項)
人事 
做事 
共事 
凡事 
出事 
刑事 
启事 (啟事)
喜事 
回事 
执事 (執事)
坏事 (壞事)
好事 
实事 (實事)
小事 
屁事 
往事 
从事 (從事)
心事 
怎么回事 (怎麼回事)
懂事 
找事 
本事 
乐事 (樂事)
正事 
没事 (沒事)
没事儿 (沒事兒)
无所事事 (無所事事)
烦心事 (煩心事)
琐事 (瑣事)
当事人 (當事人)
百事可乐 (百事可樂)
糗事 
若无其事 (若無其事)
万事 (萬事)
万事大吉 (萬事大吉)
董事 
董事长 (董事長)
处事 (處事)
行事 
记事 (記事)
诸事 (諸事)
赛事 (賽事)
趣事 
军事 (軍事)
办事 (辦事)
闲事 (閑事)

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使

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  • 119th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.16% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 118 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
使
3Graphical
使

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shǐ (shi3)to make • to cause • to enable • to use • to employ • to send • to instruct sb to do sth • envoy • messenger

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 使 shǐ (shi3)The component is pronounced as '' (li4). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for 使 shǐ (shi3)The component is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
3. Pronunciation clue for 使 shǐ (shi3)The component is pronounced as 'shù' (shu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
4. Pronunciation clue for 使 shǐ (shi3)The component is pronounced as '' (yi4). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

使用 
即使 
天使 

Uncommon

使劲 (使勁)
使命 
使得 
使用者 
使者 
使馆 (使館)
促使 
大使 
好使 
纵使 (縱使)

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  • 372nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 238 words
  • Component in 137 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shì (Shi4)surname Shi
2. shì (shi4)member of the senior ministerial class (old) • scholar (old) • bachelor • honorific • first class military rank • specialist worker

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as 'shì' (shi4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

人士 
博士 
士兵 
女士 
战士 (戰士)
瑞士 
男士 
的士 
绅士 (紳士)
护士 (護士)

Uncommon

侠士 (俠士)
力士 
勇士 
博士后 (博士後)
哈士奇 
士气 (士氣)
壮士 (壯士)
大力士 
威士忌 
富士 
富士山 
富士康 
巴士 
巴士站 
招贤纳士 (招賢納士)
武士 
波士顿 (波士頓)
烈士 
爵士 
硕士 (碩士)
芝士 
莎士比亚 (莎士比亞)
卫士 (衛士)
贴士 (貼士)
迪士尼 
道士 
院士 
隐士 (隱士)
雅士 
骑士 (騎士)
斗士 (鬥士)
斗牛士 (鬥牛士)

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  • 4004th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 4 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shī (shi1)louse

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shī (shi1)The component is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

虱子 (蝨子)

Uncommon

木虱 (木蝨)

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  • 4741st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 4 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shì (shi4)to murder a superior • to murder one's parent

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as 'shā' (sha1). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as 'shì' (shi4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
3. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
4. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as '' (yi4). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

弑父 (弒父)

Uncommon

弑君 (弒君)

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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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