• 1376th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 31 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiōng (xiong1)terrible • fearful
2. xiōng (xiong1)vicious • fierce • ominous • inauspicious • famine • variant of 兇|凶[xiong1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for xiōng (xiong1)The component is pronounced as 'xiōng' (xiong1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

凶手 (兇手)
凶残 (兇殘)
凶狠 (兇狠)
凶猛 (兇猛)

Uncommon

凶器 (兇器)
凶多吉少 (兇多吉少)
凶悍 (兇悍)
凶恶 (兇惡)
凶杀 (兇殺)
凶杀案 (兇殺案)
凶神 (兇神)
凶险 (兇險)
帮凶 (幫兇)
行凶 (行兇)

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  • 61st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.25% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 425 words
  • Component in 13 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. duō (duo1)many • much • a lot of • numerous • more • in excess • how (to what extent) • multi- • Taiwan pr. [duo2] when it means "how"

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for duō (duo1)The component is pronounced as 'duō' (duo1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

多久 
多多 
多少 
多变 (多變)
多云 (多雲)
多么 (多麼)
好多 
许多 (許多)

Uncommon

二十多 
四十多 
增多 
多伦多 (多倫多)
多元化 
多利 
多功能 
多半 
多姿多彩 
多媒体 (多媒體)
多彩 
多心 
多情 
多愁善感 
多数 (多數)
多于 (多於)
多样 (多樣)
多疑 
多亏 (多虧)
多谢 (多謝)
多重 
多余 (多餘)
大多 
大多数 (大多數)
居多 
差不多 
或多或少 
众多 (眾多)
绝大多数 (絕大多數)
维多利亚 (維多利亞)
诸多 (諸多)
丰富多彩 (豐富多彩)
贝多芬 (貝多芬)
顶多 (頂多)

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  • 854th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 158 words
  • Component in 19 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Ji2)surname Ji • abbr. for Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 sheng3]
2. (ji2)lucky • giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ji2)The component is pronounced as 'shì' (shi4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

吉祥 
大吉 
大吉大利 

Uncommon

吉他 
吉利 
吉林 
吉祥物 
吉隆坡 
万事大吉 (萬事大吉)

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  • 233rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 84 words
  • Component in 17 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shǎo (shao3)few • little • lack
2. shào (shao4)young

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

多少 

Uncommon

不少 
少女 
少年 
少数 (少數)
少林寺 
少爷 (少爺)
少许 (少許)
少量 
年少 
减少 (減少)
缺少 
至少 
青少年 

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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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