• 21st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.50% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 285 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. de (de5)-ly • structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
2. (di4)earth • ground • field • place • land • CL:片[pian4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for de (de5)The component is pronounced as '' (ye3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

 
地主 
地址 
地方 

Medium Frequency

不败之地 (不敗之地)
内地 (內地)
原地 
土地 
地上 
地下 
地位 
地区 (地區)
地图 (地圖)
地域 
地坛 (地壇)
地带 (地帶)
地板 
地步 
地毯 
地牢 
地狱 (地獄)
地球 
地理 
地瓜 
地产 (地產)
地盘 (地盤)
地道 
地铁 (地鐵)
地铁站 (地鐵站)
地震 
地面 
地点 (地點)
基地 
场地 (場地)
墓地 
外地 
大地 
天地 
天崩地裂 
天旋地转 (天旋地轉)
天长地久 (天長地久)
失地 
奥地利 (奧地利)
工地 
心地 
战地 (戰地)
房地产 (房地產)
扫地 (掃地)
本地 
欢天喜地 (歡天喜地)
死心塌地 
特地 
异地 (異地)
异地恋 (異地戀)
当地 (當地)
目的地 
圣地 (聖地)
脚踏实地 (腳踏實地)
草地 
落地 
谈天说地 (談天說地)
谢天谢地 (謝天謝地)
质地 (質地)
遍地 
阵地 (陣地)
随地 (隨地)
领地 (領地)
余地 (餘地)
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  • 280th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 104 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ji1)base • foundation • basic • radical (chemistry)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ji1)The component is pronounced as '' (qi2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (ji1)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

基地 
基本 
基本上 
基础 (基礎)
基金 
肯德基 
诺基亚 (諾基亞)

Medium Frequency

地基 
 
基因 
基层 (基層)
基于 (基於)
基本功 
基本点 (基本點)
基准 (基準)
基督 
基督徒 
基督教 
基石 
基站 
基调 (基調)
基金会 (基金會)
基点 (基點)
巴基斯坦 
朱镕基 (朱鎔基)
柴可夫斯基 
根基 
比基尼 
氨基酸 
维基 (維基)
维基百科 (維基百科)
自由基 
兰博基尼 (蘭博基尼)
赫尔辛基 (赫爾辛基)
转基因 (轉基因)
高尔基 (高爾基)
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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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