• 958th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 72 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shèng (sheng4)holy • sacred • saint • sage

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

神圣 (神聖)
圣诞 (聖誕)
圣诞节 (聖誕節)

Medium Frequency

大圣 (大聖)
朝圣 (朝聖)
朝圣者 (朝聖者)
 ()
圣人 (聖人)
圣代 (聖代)
圣保罗 (聖保羅)
圣地 (聖地)
圣地亚哥 (聖地亞哥)
圣彼得堡 (聖彼得堡)
圣徒 (聖徒)
圣心 (聖心)
圣手 (聖手)
圣旨 (聖旨)
圣杯 (聖杯)
圣歌 (聖歌)
圣殿 (聖殿)
圣母 (聖母)
圣洁 (聖潔)
圣经 (聖經)
圣者 (聖者)
圣诞树 (聖誕樹)
圣贤 (聖賢)
圣雄 (聖雄)
圣灵 (聖靈)
万圣节 (萬聖節)
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  • 1994th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 12 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dàn (dan4)birth • birthday • brag • boast • to increase

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dàn (dan4)The component is pronounced as 'yán' (yan2). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

High Frequency

圣诞 (聖誕)
诞生 (誕生)

Medium Frequency

圣诞节 (聖誕節)
诞辰 (誕辰)
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  • 514th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 122 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jié (jie2)festival • holiday • node • joint • section • segment • part • to economize • to save • to abridge • moral integrity • classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

High Frequency

情人节 (情人節)
春节 (春節)
 ()
节日 (節日)
节目 (節目)

Medium Frequency

佳节 (佳節)
元宵节 (元宵節)
光棍节 (光棍節)
季节 (季節)
情节 (情節)
时节 (時節)
环节 (環節)
节俭 (節儉)
节制 (節制)
节奏 (節奏)
节操 (節操)
节气 (節氣)
节省 (節省)
节节 (節節)
节约 (節約)
节能 (節能)
节食 (節食)
细节 (細節)
圣诞节 (聖誕節)
调节 (調節)
逢年过节 (逢年過節)
过节 (過節)
关节 (關節)
电影节 (電影節)
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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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