• 1352nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 68 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (su2)custom • convention • popular • common • coarse • vulgar • secular

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (su2)The component is pronounced as '' (gu3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (su2)The component is pronounced as '' (gu3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

世俗 
俗话 (俗話)
民俗 
习俗 (習俗)
风俗 (風俗)

Uncommon

低俗 
俗世 
俗事 
俗人 
俗套 
俗气 (俗氣)
俗称 (俗稱)
俗语 (俗語)
入乡随俗 (入鄉隨俗)
媚俗 
庸俗 
恶俗 (惡俗)
愤世嫉俗 (憤世嫉俗)
粗俗 
脱俗 (脫俗)
通俗 

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  • 181st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.11% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 276 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shì (Shi4)surname Shi
2. shì (shi4)life • age • generation • era • world • lifetime • epoch • descendant • noble

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

世界 
乱世 (亂世)

Uncommon

一生一世 
世上 
世事 
世人 
世俗 
世家 
世故 
世界观 (世界觀)
世纪 (世紀)
世间 (世間)
乱世佳人 (亂世佳人)
人世 
今世 
出世 
前世 
去世 
在世 
尘世 (塵世)
盛世 
绝世 (絕世)
处世 (處世)

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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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