• 163rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.13% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 142 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhì (zhi4)system • to control • to regulate • variant of 製|制[zhi4]
2. zhì (zhi4)to manufacture • to make

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

 
制度 
实名制 (實名制)
控制 
自制 
制作 (製作)
制造 (製造)
录制 (錄製)
限制 

Medium Frequency

乳制品 (乳製品)
克制 
制动 (制動)
制定 
制式 
制服 
制止 
制约 (制約)
制药 (制藥)
制衡 
制裁 
制造业 (制造業)
压制 (壓制)
奶制品 (奶製品)
定制 (定製)
专制 (專制)
强制 (強制)
抑制 
抵制 
拟制 (擬製)
木制 (木製)
机制 (機制)
法制 
炮制 
无限制 (無限制)
特制 
牵制 (牽制)
监制 (監製)
研制 (研製)
管制 
节制 (節制)
编制 (編製)
缝制 (縫製)
绘制 (繪製)
腌制 (腌製)
自制力 
制品 (製品)
制成 (製成)
制片人 (製片人)
制造商 (製造商)
制造者 (製造者)
复制 (複製)
订制 (訂製)
调制 (調制)
遏制 
体制 (體制)
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  • 354th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 67 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zào (zao4)to make • to build • to invent • to manufacture

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zào (zao4)The component is pronounced as 'gào' (gao4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

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Example Words

High Frequency

创造 (創造)
建造 
营造 (營造)
造型 
造成 

Medium Frequency

人造 
制造业 (制造業)
创造力 (創造力)
塑造 
打造 
改造 
制造 (製造)
 
造假 
造句 
造孽 
造就 
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  • 402nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 109 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shāng (Shang1)the Shang dynasty, 16th to 11th century BC
2. shāng (shang1)commerce • to consult • quotient • 2nd note in pentatonic scale

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

High Frequency

商务 (商務)
商品 
商城 
商场 (商場)
商业 (商業)
情商 
智商 

Medium Frequency

代理商 
供应商 (供應商)
券商 
协商 (協商)
台商 
 
商丘 
商人 
商务部 (商務部)
商报 (商報)
商女 
商学院 (商學院)
商家 
商店 
商户 (商戶)
商会 (商會)
商业化 (商業化)
商标 (商標)
商机 (商機)
商界 
商铺 (商舖)
商贸 (商貿)
商量 
奸商 
工商 
厂商 (廠商)
批发商 (批發商)
招商 
经商 (經商)
经销商 (經銷商)
制造商 (製造商)
运营商 (運營商)
开发商 (開發商)
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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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