• 78th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.22% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 622 words
  • Component in 10 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tiān (tian1)day • sky • heaven

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

今天 
天下 
天天 
天气 (天氣)
明天 
昨天 

Uncommon

上天 
中天 
倚天屠龙记 (倚天屠龍記)
冬天 
冷天 
前天 
半天 
夏天 
大闹天宫 (大鬧天宮)
天上 
天亮 
天使 
天台 
天后 
天呀 
天哪 
天国 (天國)
天地 
天堂 
天子 
天意 
天才 
天朝 
天河 
天津 
天涯 
天然 
天王 
天生 
天真 
天秤 
天秤座 
天空 
天蝎 (天蠍)
天蝎座 (天蠍座)
天赋 (天賦)
天长地久 (天長地久)
天鹅 (天鵝)
后天 (後天)
摩天 
整天 
星期天 
春天 
晴天 
欢天喜地 (歡天喜地)
漫天 
当天 (當天)
白天 
秋天 
老天 
老天爷 (老天爺)
聊天 
苍天 (蒼天)
蓝天 (藍天)
那天 
阴天 (陰天)
雨天 
青天 
飞天 (飛天)

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  • 148th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 469 words
  • Component in 38 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wén (Wen2)surname Wen
2. wén (wen2)language • culture • writing • formal • literary • gentle • (old) classifier for coins • Kangxi radical 118

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for wén (wen2)The component is pronounced as 'wén' (wen2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

中文 
博文 
原文 
文化 
文字 
文章 
文艺 (文藝)
英文 

Uncommon

一文不值 
三文鱼 (三文魚)
人文 
作文 
全文 
天文 
天文馆 (天文館)
散文 
文人 
文件 
文具 
文学 (文學)
文凭 (文憑)
文摘 
文昌 
文明 
文本 
文档 (文檔)
文物 
文献 (文獻)
文盲 
文科 
文笔 (文筆)
文言文 
文采 
文静 (文靜)
文革 
斯文 
日文 
本文 
蔡英文 
语文 (語文)
课文 (課文)
论文 (論文)
达尔文 (達爾文)
铭文 (銘文)
韩文 (韓文)

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  • 388th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 6 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 298 words
  • Component in 26 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tái (Tai2)Taiwan (abbr.) • surname Tai
2. tái (tai2)(classical) you (in letters) • platform
3. tái (tai2)desk • platform
4. tái (Tai2)Taiwan (abbr.)
5. tái (tai2)platform • stage • terrace • stand • support • desk • station • broadcasting station • classifier for vehicles or machines
6. tái (tai2)typhoon

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

台北 
台湾 (台灣)
台词 (台詞)
天台 
平台 (平臺)
舞台 (舞臺)
茅台 (茅臺)
阳台 (陽臺)
电台 (電臺)
电视台 (電視臺)

Uncommon

上台 
下台 (下臺)
出台 (出臺)
前台 (前臺)
台下 
台中 
台南 
台商 
台大 
台山 
台山市 
台州 
台州市 
台币 (台幣)
台式 
台球 
吧台 
天文台 
展台 (展臺)
工作台 (工作檯)
后台 (後台)
打擂台 (打擂臺)
拆台 (拆臺)
擂台 (擂臺)
服务台 (服務台)
梳妆台 (梳妝檯)
楼台 (樓臺)
台灯 (檯燈)
柜台 (櫃檯)
气象台 (氣象台)
潜台词 (潛台詞)
烟台 (煙台)
烛台 (燭臺)
看台 
炮台 (砲臺)
窗台 (窗臺)
站台 
台上 (臺上)
台子 (臺子)
台独 (臺獨)
台阶 (臺階)
台面 (臺面)
台风 (臺風)
茅台酒 (茅臺酒)
丰台 (豐台)
丰台区 (豐台區)
转台 (轉台)
邢台 
开台 (開臺)
露台 (露臺)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.