• 279th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 215 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (wu3)five • 5

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

五彩 
十五 
星期五 
第五 
周五 (週五)

Uncommon

二百五 
五一 
五十 
五味 
五四 
五子棋 
五官 
五度 
五彩缤纷 (五彩繽紛)
五指山 
五星 
五星级 (五星級)
五月 
五湖四海 
五粮液 (五糧液)
五脏 (五臟)
五脏六腑 (五臟六腑)
五花八门 (五花八門)
五花肉 
五音不全 
五颜六色 (五顏六色)
五体投地 (五體投地)
礼拜五 (禮拜五)
隔三差五 

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  • 537th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 286 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xīng (xing1)star • satellite • small amount

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

三星 
明星 
星座 
星星 
星期 

Uncommon

五星 
五星级 (五星級)
克星 (剋星)
寿星 (壽星)
外星人 
女星 
巨星 
新星 
星光 
星巴克 
星期一 
星期三 
星期二 
星期五 
星期六 
星期四 
星期天 
星期几 (星期幾)
星期日 
星球 
星空 
星级 (星級)
星辰 
星际 (星際)
木星 
歌星 
流星 
流星雨 
火星 
球星 
男星 
福星 
红星 (紅星)
繁星 
卫星 (衛星)
金星 
零星 

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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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