• 23rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.47% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 239 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Yi3)abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
2. (yi3)to use • according to • so as to • by means of • in order to • by • with • because

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (yi3)The component is pronounced as '' (ya4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

以后 (以後)
可以 
所以 

Uncommon

之所以 
以上 
以下 
以来 (以來)
以前 
以及 
以外 
以往 
以为 (以為)
足以 
难以 (難以)

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  • 164th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.13% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 256 words
  • Component in 26 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
𠂎丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shēn (shen1)body • life • oneself • personally • one's morality and conduct • the main part of a structure or body • pregnant • classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset • Kangxi radical 158

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shēn (shen1)The component is pronounced as 'shēn' (shen1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

单身 (單身)
起身 
身份 
身价 (身價)
身边 (身邊)
身体 (身體)

Uncommon

上身 
下身 
人身 
修身 
健身 
健身房 
全身 
出身 
化身 
奋不顾身 (奮不顧身)
感同身受 
替身 
本身 
浑身 (渾身)
满身 (滿身)
现身 (現身)
瘦身 
纹身 (紋身)
终身 (終身)
置身 
翻身 
自身 
亲身 (親身)
身上 
身不由己 
身亡 
身份证 (身份證)
身子 
身影 
身后 (身後)
身心 
身材 
身为 (身為)
身处 (身處)
身躯 (身軀)
身高 
转身 (轉身)
随身 (隨身)
隐身 (隱身)

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  • 49th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.28% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 347 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zuò (zuo4)to do • to grow • to write or compose • to pretend • to regard as • to feel • writings or works

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

作品 
作业 (作業)
作为 (作為)
工作 

Uncommon

作出 
作孽 
作家 
作弊 
作怪 
作息 
作战 (作戰)
作文 
作案 
作用 
作痛 
作祟 
作者 
作风 (作風)
做作 
杰作 (傑作)
副作用 
创作 (創作)
力作 
动作 (動作)
动作片 (動作片)
化作 
合作 
大作 
写作 (寫作)
工作室 
工作日 
工作者 
工作量 
恶作剧 (惡作劇)
振作 
操作 
故作 
炒作 
留作 
当作 (當作)
发作 (發作)
看作 
称作 (稱作)
自作 
装作 (裝作)
制作 (製作)
运作 (運作)

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  • 284th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 70 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ze2)conjunction used to express contrast with a previous sentence or clause • standard • norm • rule • to imitate • to follow • then • principle • classifier for written items (such as an official statement)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

原则 (原則)
否则 (否則)
法则 (法則)
规则 (規則)

Uncommon

不规则 (不規則)
以身作则 (以身作則)
守则 (守則)
实则 (實則)
武则天 (武則天)
准则 (準則)
潜规则 (潛規則)

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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.