• 835th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 65 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shēng (sheng1)to raise • to hoist • to promote • metric liter (also written 公升) • measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗
2. shēng (sheng1)ascend • peaceful
3. shēng (sheng1)variant of 升[sheng1]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

升级 (升級)
提升 (提昇)

Uncommon

上升 (上昇)
升官 
升温 (升溫)
升华 (升華)
升起 
升迁 (升遷)
回升 
升值 (昇值)
升高 (昇高)
晋升 (晉升)
毫升 
直升机 (直升機)
飙升 (飆升)
高升 

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  • 600th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 115 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhí (zhi2)value • (to be) worth • to happen to • to be on duty

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhí (zhi2)The component is pronounced as 'zhí' (zhi2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhí (zhi2)The component is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for zhí (zhi2)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

值得 
价值 (價值)
充值 
充值卡 

Uncommon

估值 
值班 
值钱 (值錢)
价值观 (價值觀)
增值 
升值 (昇值)
贬值 (貶值)
超值 

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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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