• 1056th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 93 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ci1)whoosh (onomatopoeia)
2. (ci4)thorn • sting • thrust • to prick • to pierce • to stab • to assassinate • to murder

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ci1)The component is pronounced as '' (ci4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for (ci4)The component is pronounced as '' (ci4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

刺激 
毒刺 

Uncommon

刺伤 (刺傷)
刺客 
刺激性 
刺痛 
刺眼 
刺绣 (刺繡)
刺耳 
刺猬 (刺蝟)
刺身 
刺青 
刺骨 
带刺 (帶刺)
粉刺 
冲刺 (衝刺)
讽刺 (諷刺)
马刺 (馬刺)

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  • 659th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 135 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shāng (shang1)to injure • injury • wound

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

伤口 (傷口)
伤害 (傷害)
伤心 (傷心)
伤感 (傷感)
受伤 (受傷)
悲伤 (悲傷)
忧伤 (憂傷)

Uncommon

伤亡 (傷亡)
伤人 (傷人)
伤悲 (傷悲)
伤疤 (傷疤)
伤痕 (傷痕)
伤痕累累 (傷痕累累)
伤痛 (傷痛)
伤者 (傷者)
伤脑筋 (傷腦筋)
伤风 (傷風)
刺伤 (刺傷)
创伤 (創傷)
受伤害 (受傷害)
哀伤 (哀傷)
工伤 (工傷)
感伤 (感傷)
扭伤 (扭傷)
拉伤 (拉傷)
损伤 (損傷)
杀伤力 (殺傷力)
烫伤 (燙傷)
疗伤 (療傷)
神伤 (神傷)
遍体鳞伤 (遍體鱗傷)
重伤 (重傷)

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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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