• 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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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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  • 92nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.20% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 142 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. běn (ben3)roots or stems of plants • origin • source • this • the current • root • foundation • basis • classifier for books, periodicals, files etc • originally

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

High Frequency

基本 
日本 
 
本人 
本来 (本來)
本色 
根本 
赵本山 (趙本山)

Medium Frequency

副本 
剧本 (劇本)
原本 
基本上 
墨尔本 (墨爾本)
成本 
日本人 
书本 (書本)
本事 
本土 
本地 
本子 
本性 
本期 
本本 
本科 
本能 
本质 (本質)
本身 
本钱 (本錢)
本领 (本領)
标本 (標本)
版本 
笔记本 (筆記本)
课本 (課本)
资本 (資本)
资本主义 (資本主義)
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  • 16th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.55% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 254 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shǎng (shang3)see 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
2. shàng (shang4)on top • upon • above • upper • previous • first (of multiple parts) • to climb • to get onto • to go up • to attend (class or university)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

High Frequency

 
上班 
早上 
晚上 

Medium Frequency

上下 
上来 (上來)
上传 (上傳)
上午 
上去 
上司 
上天 
上学 (上學)
上市 
上帝 
上床 
上升 (上昇)
上映 
上海 
上演 
上涨 (上漲)
上火 
上班族 
上瘾 (上癮)
上网 (上網)
上线 (上線)
上街 
上课 (上課)
上路 
上身 
上车 (上車)
上辈子 (上輩子)
上门 (上門)
上面 
世上 
以上 
加上 
史上 
向上 
地上 
基本上 
天上 
实际上 (實際上)
爱上 (愛上)
戴上 
楼上 (樓上)
海上 
爬上 
登上 
看上 
穿上 
至上 
赶上 (趕上)
路上 
踏上 
身上 
闭上 (閉上)
马上 (馬上)
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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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