• 375th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 116 words
  • Component in 16 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shī (shi1)to lose • to miss • to fail

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

失去 
失败 (失敗)
失望 
失眠 
消失 

Medium Frequency

丢失 (丟失)
丧失 (喪失)
 
失地 
失意 
失态 (失態)
失恋 (失戀)
失控 
失败者 (失敗者)
失业 (失業)
失落 
失误 (失誤)
失调 (失調)
失踪 (失蹤)
得失 
患得患失 
损失 (損失)
流失 
缺失 
走失 
迷失 
过失 (過失)
遗失 (遺失)
错失 (錯失)
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  • 733rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 75 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
𠱠

Pinyin & Meaning

1. líng (ling2)quick • alert • efficacious • effective • spirit • departed soul • coffin

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

幽灵 (幽靈)
心灵 (心靈)
精灵 (精靈)
 ()
灵感 (靈感)
灵犀 (靈犀)
灵魂 (靈魂)

Medium Frequency

亡灵 (亡靈)
失灵 (失靈)
小精灵 (小精靈)
机灵 (機靈)
水灵 (水靈)
生灵 (生靈)
神灵 (神靈)
圣灵 (聖靈)
蓝精灵 (藍精靈)
轻灵 (輕靈)
灵光 (靈光)
灵动 (靈動)
灵性 (靈性)
灵敏 (靈敏)
灵机一动 (靈機一動)
灵气 (靈氣)
灵活 (靈活)
灵异 (靈異)
灵芝 (靈芝)
灵药 (靈藥)
灵验 (靈驗)
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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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