• 262nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 550 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ke4)to be able to • to subdue • to restrain • to overcome • gram • Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares
2. (Ke4)Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
3. (ke4)variant of 克[ke4] • to subdue • to overthrow • to restrain
4. kēi (kei1)to scold • to beat

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ke4)The component is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for kēi (kei1)The component is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

克服 
巧克力 
德克萨斯 (德克薩斯)
扑克 (撲克)
星巴克 

Uncommon

伊拉克 
休克 
杰克 (傑克)
杰克逊 (傑克遜)
克制 
克拉 
克拉克 
克拉玛依 (克拉瑪依)
克林顿 (克林頓)
克罗地亚 (克羅地亞)
克隆 
凯迪拉克 (凱迪拉克)
别克 (別克)
克己 (剋己)
克扣 (剋扣)
克星 (剋星)
坦克 
夏洛克 
夹克 (夾克)
奥克兰 (奧克蘭)
奥林匹克 (奧林匹克)
富兰克林 (富蘭克林)
布鲁克林 (布魯克林)
库克 (庫克)
徐克 
捷克 
扑克牌 (撲克牌)
攻克 
斯诺克 (斯諾克)
朋克 
毫克 
法兰克福 (法蘭克福)
泰坦尼克号 (泰坦尼克號)
洛克菲勒 
乌克兰 (烏克蘭)
纳斯达克 (納斯達克)
罗曼蒂克 (羅曼蒂克)
耐克 
萨克斯 (薩克斯)
贝克 (貝克)
阿克苏 (阿克蘇)
雷克萨斯 (雷克薩斯)
马克 (馬克)
马克思 (馬克思)
马克思主义 (馬克思主義)
马克杯 (馬克杯)
马赛克 (馬賽克)
麦克 (麥克)
麦克风 (麥克風)
默克尔 (默克爾)

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  • 364th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 324 words
  • Component in 33 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lín (Lin2)surname Lin
2. lín (lin2)woods • forest • CL:片[pian4] • circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) • a collection (of similar things)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for lín (lin2)The component is pronounced as 'lín' (lin2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

吉林 
少林寺 
林黛玉 
桂林 
森林 
武林 

Uncommon

克林顿 (克林頓)
凡士林 
丛林 (叢林)
吉林市 
吉林省 
园林 (園林)
奥林匹克 (奧林匹克)
富兰克林 (富蘭克林)
少林 
巴林 
布鲁克林 (布魯克林)
斯大林 
杏林 
林则徐 (林則徐)
林子 
林彪 
林心如 
林忆莲 (林憶蓮)
林木 
林冲 (林沖)
林立 
林肯 
林芝 
林青霞 
柏林 
格林 
梅林 
椰林 
榆林 
树林 (樹林)
玉林 
田林 
石林 
穆斯林 
竹林 
红树林 (紅樹林)
蔡依林 
阿司匹林 
雨林 
黑森林 

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  • 792nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 98 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dùn (dun4)to stop • to pause • to arrange • to lay out • to kowtow • to stamp (one's foot) • at once • classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dùn (dun4)The component is pronounced as 'tún' (tun2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for dùn (dun4)The component is pronounced as 'zhūn' (zhun1). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

顿时 (頓時)

Uncommon

休斯顿 (休斯頓)
停顿 (停頓)
克林顿 (克林頓)
劳顿 (勞頓)
博尔顿 (博爾頓)
困顿 (困頓)
安顿 (安頓)
希尔顿 (希爾頓)
捶胸顿足 (捶胸頓足)
整顿 (整頓)
曼哈顿 (曼哈頓)
波士顿 (波士頓)
汉密尔顿 (漢密爾頓)
牛顿 (牛頓)
立顿 (立頓)
茅塞顿开 (茅塞頓開)
华盛顿 (華盛頓)
顿悟 (頓悟)
顿挫 (頓挫)
顿觉 (頓覺)
顿足 (頓足)

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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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