1. 北
  2. 極
  3. 熊

北

Previous (程)Next (边)
  • 315th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 312 words
  • Component in 15 characters

Decomposition

1Once
北→
匕
2Radical
北→
北N/A
3Graphical
北→
北

Pinyin & Meaning

1. běi (bei3)north • to be defeated (classical)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 北 běi (bei3)The component 匕 is pronounced as 'bǐ' (bi3). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for 北 běi (bei3)The component 北 is pronounced as 'běi' (bei3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Appears In

北 also appears in:
北背乘剩燕乖冀骥嵊褙邶酀醼讌驥

Example Words

Common

北京 

Uncommon

北京人 
北京市 
北区 (北區)
北国 (北國)
北大 
北平 
北爱 (北愛)
北斗 
北方 
北极 (北極)
北极熊 (北極熊)
北欧 (北歐)
北海 
北海道 
北美 
北部 
北门 (北門)
北非 
南北 
台北 
天南地北 
东北 (東北)
东北亚 (東北亞)
江北 
河北 
河北省 
湖北 
湖北省 
华北 (華北)
西北 
西北部 

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極

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Previous (亲)Next (林)
  • 363rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 123 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
極→
木亟
2Radical
極→
木tree㇇N/A亅hook口mouth又right hand一one
3Graphical
極→
一丨八㇇亅口㇇㇏一

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jí (ji2)extremely • pole (geography, physics) • utmost • top

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 極 jí (ji2)The component 亟 is pronounced as 'jí' (ji2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for 極 jí (ji2)The component 亟 is pronounced as 'qì' (qi4). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for 極 jí (ji2)The component 亅 is pronounced as 'jué' (jue2). It has the same pinyin initial.
4. Pronunciation clue for 極 jí (ji2)The component 一 is pronounced as 'yī' (yi1). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

极其 (極其)
极品 (極品)
极度 (極度)
极端 (極端)
极致 (極致)
极限 (極限)
消极 (消極)
无极 (無極)
积极 (積極)
终极 (終極)

Uncommon

北极 (北極)
北极光 (北極光)
北极熊 (北極熊)
南极 (南極)
太极 (太極)
太极拳 (太極拳)
极光 (極光)
极力 (極力)
极大 (極大)
极客 (極客)
极少 (極少)
极乐世界 (極樂世界)
极为 (極為)
极点 (極點)
乐极生悲 (樂極生悲)
物极必反 (物極必反)
积极性 (積極性)
至极 (至極)
蹦极 (蹦極)

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熊

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Previous (煤)Next (恭)
  • 1739th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 50 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
熊→
能灬
2Radical
熊→
厶private月moonNo glyph available灬fire
3Graphical
熊→
㇛丶冂二匕灬

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xióng (Xiong2)surname Xiong
2. xióng (xiong2)bear • to scold • to rebuke • brilliant light • to shine brightly

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

熊猫 (熊貓)

Uncommon

北极熊 (北極熊)
大熊猫 (大熊貓)
泰迪熊 
浣熊 
熊市 
熊掌 
熊熊 
熊猫眼 (熊貓眼)
狗熊 
黑熊 

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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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