• 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

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Appears In

also appears in:

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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  • 680th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 161 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huán (Huan2)surname Huan
2. huán (huan2)ring • hoop • loop • (chain) link • classifier for scores in archery etc • to surround • to encircle • to hem in

Pronunciation Clues

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Example Words

Common

循环 (循環)
环保 (環保)
环境 (環境)
环球 (環球)
耳环 (耳環)

Uncommon

中环 (中環)
五环 (五環)
光环 (光環)
拉环 (拉環)
日环食 (日環食)
玉环 (玉環)
环保局 (環保局)
环城 (環城)
环岛 (環島)
环形 (環形)
环抱 (環抱)
环节 (環節)
环线 (環線)
环绕 (環繞)
环路 (環路)
环顾 (環顧)
连环 (連環)
连环画 (連環畫)

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  • 660th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 216 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (su4)raw silk • white • plain, unadorned • vegetarian (food) • essence • nature • element • constituent • usually • always • ever

Pronunciation Clues

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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

元素 
因素 
素材 
素质 (素質)
维生素 (維生素)

Uncommon

像素 
吃素 
安之若素 
尿素 
抗生素 
朴素 (樸素)
毒素 
激素 
番茄红素 (番茄紅素)
白素贞 (白素貞)
素描 
素菜 
素颜 (素顏)
素食 
素食者 
素养 (素養)
纤维素 (纖維素)
罗素 (羅素)
胡萝卜素 (胡蘿蔔素)
胰岛素 (胰島素)
肾上腺素 (腎上腺素)
色素 
荤素 (葷素)
要素 
护发素 (護髮素)
霉素 
黑素 
黑色素 

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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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