• 155th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 479 words
  • Component in 9 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Li4)surname Li
2. (li4)sharp • favorable • advantage • benefit • profit • interest • to do good to • to benefit

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

利器 
利用 
利益 
胜利 (勝利)
大吉大利 
意大利 
战利品 (戰利品)
权利 (權利)
福利 
顺利 (順利)

Uncommon

不利 
亨利 
便利 
保加利亚 (保加利亞)
利事 
利刃 
利害 
利尿 
利己 
利市 
利弊 
利息 
利于 (利於)
利是 
利比亚 (利比亞)
利润 (利潤)
利物浦 
利率 
利禄 (利祿)
利索 
利落 
利马 (利馬)
功利 
胜利者 (勝利者)
势利 (勢利)
匈牙利 
吉利 
名利 
哈利 
多利 
失利 
奥利奥 (奧利奧)
奥地利 (奧地利)
安利 
专利 (專利)
急功近利 
意大利人 
意大利语 (意大利語)
意大利面 
叙利亚 (敘利亞)
智利 
暴利 
有利 
比利 
比利时 (比利時)
水利 
法拉利 
流利 
净利润 (淨利潤)
澳大利亚 (澳大利亞)
犀利 
获利 (獲利)
玛利亚 (瑪利亞)
盈利 
福利院 
维多利亚 (維多利亞)
自私自利 
复利 (複利)
返利 
锋利 (鋒利)
飞利浦 (飛利浦)
高利贷 (高利貸)
麻利 

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  • 378th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 126 words
  • Component in 35 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. líng (Ling2)see 令狐[Ling2 hu2]
2. líng (ling2)see 脊令[ji2 ling2] • see 令狐[Ling2 hu2]
3. lǐng (ling3)classifier for a ream of paper
4. lìng (ling4)to order • to command • an order • warrant • writ • to cause • to make sth happen • virtuous • honorific title • season • government position (old)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

命令 
号令 (號令)

Uncommon

下令 
令狐 
冬令 
利令智昏 
勒令 
口令 
司令 
司令部 
夏令营 (夏令營)
指令 
时令 (時令)
法令 
发号施令 (發號施令)
禁令 
禁酒令 
绕口令 (繞口令)
责令 (責令)
军令如山 (軍令如山)
达令 (達令)

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  • 883rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 65 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhì (zhi4)wisdom • knowledge

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhì (zhi4)The component is pronounced as 'zhī' (zhi1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhì (zhi4)The component is pronounced as 'shǐ' (shi3). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for zhì (zhi4)The component is pronounced as '' (ri4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

智商 
智慧 

Uncommon

弱智 
心智 
明智 
智力 
智者 
智能 
智障 
智齿 (智齒)
机智 (機智)
理智 
益智 
睿智 
斗智 (鬥智)

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  • 1559th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 39 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. hūn (hun1)muddle-headed • twilight • to faint • to lose consciousness

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

昏睡 
头昏 (頭昏)
黄昏 (黃昏)

Uncommon

昏厥 
昏昏欲睡 
昏暗 
昏沉 
昏花 
昏迷 
发昏 (發昏)
头昏脑涨 (頭昏腦漲)
头昏脑胀 (頭昏腦脹)

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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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