• 226th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 225 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (si4)four • 4

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

十四 
四十 
四射 
四川 
四月 
四处 (四處)
星期四 
周四 (週四)

Uncommon

不三不四 
丢三落四 (丟三落四)
五四 
五湖四海 
四下 
四世同堂 
四人帮 (四人幫)
四分之一 
四分五裂 
四十多 
四合院 
四周 
四季 
四季豆 (四季荳)
四川省 
四平 
四方 
四会 (四會)
四月份 
四溅 (四濺)
四环素 (四環素)
四维 (四維)
四肢 
四起 
四通八达 (四通八達)
四面 
四面八方 
大四 
挑三拣四 (挑三揀四)
新四军 (新四軍)

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  • 181st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.11% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 276 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shì (Shi4)surname Shi
2. shì (shi4)life • age • generation • era • world • lifetime • epoch • descendant • noble

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

世界 
乱世 (亂世)

Uncommon

一生一世 
世上 
世事 
世人 
世俗 
世家 
世故 
世界观 (世界觀)
世纪 (世紀)
世间 (世間)
乱世佳人 (亂世佳人)
人世 
今世 
出世 
前世 
去世 
在世 
尘世 (塵世)
盛世 
绝世 (絕世)
处世 (處世)

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  • 69th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.23% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 296 words
  • Component in 20 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tóng (tong2)like • same • similar • together • alike • with
2. tòng (tong4)see 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

不同 
共同 
同事 
同学 (同學)
同时 (同時)
同样 (同樣)

Uncommon

一同 
不约而同 (不約而同)
共同点 (共同點)
合同 
同人 
同仁 
同伴 
同在 
同居 
同志 
同性 
同性恋 (同性戀)
同情 
同意 
同感 
同桌 
同步 
同班 
同盟 
同胞 
同行 
同路 
同道 
同龄 (同齡)
同龄人 (同齡人)
大同 
如同 
志同道合 
感同身受 
相同 
胡同 
与众不同 (與眾不同)
认同 (認同)
赞同 (讚同)
陪同 
雷同 
党同伐异 (黨同伐異)

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  • 978th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 104 words
  • Component in 9 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. táng (tang2)(main) hall • large room for a specific purpose • relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family • of the same clan • classifier for sets (or suites) of furniture, classes etc • CL:間|间[jian1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for táng (tang2)The component is pronounced as '' (tu3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

天堂 

Uncommon

同堂 
堂哥 
堂妹 
堂姐 
堂弟 
大堂 
学堂 (學堂)
厅堂 (廳堂)
教堂 
欢聚一堂 (歡聚一堂)
殿堂 
满堂 (滿堂)
澡堂 
祠堂 
礼堂 (禮堂)
课堂 (課堂)
食堂 
饭堂 (飯堂)
齐聚一堂 (齊聚一堂)

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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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