1. 使
  2. 坏

使

Previous (工)Next (情)
  • 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→
亻吏
2Radical
使→
亻human十ten口mouth丨line乂N/A
3Graphical
使→
㇒丨一丨口丨乂

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 吏 is pronounced as 'lì' (li4). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for 使 shǐ (shi3)The component 十 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 丨 is pronounced as 'shù' (shu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
4. Pronunciation clue for 使 shǐ (shi3)The component 乂 is pronounced as 'yì' (yi4). It has the same pinyin final.
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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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坏

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Previous (介)Next (讨)
  • 830th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 57 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
坏→
土不
2Radical
坏→
土earth一one丿bend卜divination
3Graphical
坏→
一丨一一丿丨丶

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huài (huai4)bad • spoiled • broken • to break down

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

坏事 (壞事)
坏掉 (壞掉)
坏蛋 (壞蛋)
好坏 (好壞)
破坏 (破壞)

Uncommon

使坏 (使壞)
吓坏 (嚇壞)
坏人 (壞人)
坏死 (壞死)
坏处 (壞處)
坏血病 (壞血病)
坏话 (壞話)
学坏 (學壞)
宠坏 (寵壞)
崩坏 (崩壞)
弄坏 (弄壞)
惯坏 (慣壞)
损坏 (損壞)
摔坏 (摔壞)
败坏 (敗壞)
毁坏 (毀壞)
累坏 (累壞)
变坏 (變壞)

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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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