• 639th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 161 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yìn (Yin4)surname Yin • abbr. for 印度[Yin4 du4]
2. yìn (yin4)to print • to mark • to engrave • a seal • a print • a stamp • a mark • a trace • image

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yìn (yin4)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin initial.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

印度 
印象 

Uncommon

印刷 
印子 
印尼 
印度人 
印度尼西亚 (印度尼西亞)
印度洋 
印痕 
印发 (印發)
印章 
印第安 
印花 
印记 (印記)
印证 (印證)
印象深刻 
印迹 (印跡)
封印 
心心相印 
打印 
打印机 (打印機)
水印 
烙印 
脚印 (腳印)
复印 (複印)
复印件 (複印件)

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  • 300th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 109 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
knifemouthlinewrapNo glyph availableNo glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiàng (xiang4)elephant • CL:隻|只[zhi1] • shape • form • appearance • to imitate

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

印象 
对象 (對象)
形象 
想象 
气象 (氣象)
现象 (現象)

Uncommon

假象 
印象深刻 
大象 
好象 
想象力 
抽象 
景象 
气象台 (氣象台)
万象 (萬象)
表象 
象征 (象徵)
象棋 
迹象 (跡象)

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  • 401st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 137 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shēn (shen1)close • deep • late • profound • dark (of color, water etc)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shēn (shen1)The component is pronounced as 'shēn' (shen1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for shēn (shen1)The component is pronounced as 'shuǐ' (shui3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

深刻 
深圳 
深夜 
深情 
深深 

Uncommon

加深 
印象深刻 
深信 
深入 
深切 
深厚 
深圳市 
深层 (深層)
深山 
深度 
深思 
深爱 (深愛)
深更半夜 
深沉 
深海 
深渊 (深淵)
深浅 (深淺)
深知 
深色 
深处 (深處)
深远 (深遠)
深邃 
资深 (資深)

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  • 618th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 71 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ke4)quarter (hour) • moment • to carve • to engrave • to cut • oppressive • classifier for short time intervals

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

时刻 (時刻)
此刻 
立刻 
铭刻 (銘刻)

Uncommon

刻意 
刻苦 
刻薄 
刻骨 
刻骨铭心 (刻骨銘心)
印象深刻 
即刻 
时时刻刻 (時時刻刻)
深刻 
片刻 
苛刻 
雕刻 

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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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