• 1388th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 47 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chuī (chui1)to blow • to play a wind instrument • to blast • to puff • to boast • to brag • to end in failure • to fall through

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

吹干 (吹乾)
吹嘘 (吹噓)
吹牛 
吹风机 (吹風機)

Uncommon

吹冷风 (吹冷風)
吹口哨 
吹拂 
吹捧 
吹散 
吹毛求疵 
吹气 (吹氣)
吹灰之力 
告吹 
自吹自擂 
电吹风 (電吹風)
风吹雨打 (風吹雨打)
鼓吹 

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  • 1309th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 66 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
𠂇丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huī (hui1)ash • dust • lime • gray • discouraged • dejected

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for huī (hui1)The component is pronounced as 'huǒ' (huo3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

灰姑娘 
灰色 

Uncommon

心灰意冷 
灰尘 (灰塵)
灰心 
灰暗 
灰溜溜 
灰烬 (灰燼)
灰蒙蒙 
灰头土脸 (灰頭土臉)
炮灰 
烟灰 (煙灰)
烟灰缸 (煙灰缸)
石灰 
万念俱灰 (萬念俱灰)
骨灰 
骨灰盒 

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  • 44th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.31% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 411 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhī (zhi1)(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) • him • her • it

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhī (zhi1)The component is pronounced as 'zhǔ' (zhu3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

之一 
之中 
之前 
之外 
之后 (之後)
之间 (之間)
总之 (總之)

Uncommon

一家之主 
一臂之力 
三分之一 
不败之地 (不敗之地)
久而久之 
之上 
之下 
之内 (之內)
之所以 
之际 (之際)
之类 (之類)
加之 
反之 
取而代之 
四分之一 
天伦之乐 (天倫之樂)
持之以恒 (持之以恆)
挥之不去 (揮之不去)
当之无愧 (當之無愧)
百分之百 
总而言之 (總而言之)
自知之明 
身外之物 

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  • 106th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.19% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 472 words
  • Component in 147 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Li4)surname Li
2. (li4)power • force • strength • ability • strenuously

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (li4)The component is pronounced as '' (li4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

力量 
努力 
压力 (壓力)
实力 (實力)
巧克力 
引力 
影响力 (影響力)
给力 (給力)
能力 
魅力 

Uncommon

一臂之力 
主力 
人力 
免疫力 
全力 
全力以赴 
兵力 
创造力 (創造力)
力不从心 (力不從心)
力作 
力度 
力挺 
力气 (力氣)
力争 (力爭)
功力 
助力 
动力 (動力)
势力 (勢力)
吃力 
吸引力 
大力 
奋力 (奮力)
威力 
强力 (強力)
弹力 (彈力)
想象力 
意志力 
战斗力 (戰鬥力)
抵抗力 
接力 
智力 
暴力 
有力 
朱古力 
极力 (極力)
权力 (權力)
杀伤力 (殺傷力)
毅力 
注意力 
活力 
潜力 (潛力)
火力 
无力 (無力)
无能为力 (無能為力)
王力宏 
生命力 
用力 
尽力 (盡力)
眼力 
竞争力 (競爭力)
精力 
耐力 
听力 (聽力)
脑力 (腦力)
苦力 
视力 (視力)
记忆力 (記憶力)
财力 (財力)
费力 (費力)
卖力 (賣力)
阻力 
电力 (電力)
马力 (馬力)
体力 (體力)
魄力 
魔力 
鼎力 

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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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