• 193rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.11% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 250 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yuán (yuan2)former • original • primary • raw • level • cause • source

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

原来 (原來)
原因 
原文 
原谅 (原諒)

Uncommon

中原 
原位 
原先 
原则 (原則)
原创 (原創)
原地 
原型 
原始 
原料 
原有 
原本 
原油 
原理 
原点 (原點)
太原 
平原 
草原 
还原 (還原)
高原 

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  • 381st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 56 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shǐ (shi3)to begin • to start • then • only then

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shǐ (shi3)The component is pronounced as '' (si1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

开始 (開始)

Uncommon

原始 
始终 (始終)

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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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