• 702nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 209 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
𠂎丿𠂇

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shè (she4)to shoot • to launch • to allude to • radio- (chemistry)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shè (she4)The component is pronounced as 'shēn' (shen1). It has the same pinyin initial.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

射手 
射手座 

Uncommon

反射 
喷射 (噴射)
四射 
射击 (射擊)
射灯 (射燈)
射精 
投射 
折射 
扫射 (掃射)
放射 
放射性 
映射 
核辐射 (核輻射)
注射 
照射 
发射 (發射)
辐射 (輻射)

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  • 143rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 440 words
  • Component in 353 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shǒu (shou3)hand • (formal) to hold • person engaged in certain types of work • person skilled in certain types of work • personal(ly) • convenient • CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shǒu (shou3)The component is pronounced as 'shǒu' (shou3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

分手 
射手 
射手座 
手机 (手機)
手气 (手氣)

Uncommon

一手 
上手 
下手 
二手 
二手房 
人手 
伸手 
凶手 (兇手)
入手 
出手 
到手 
助手 
动手 (動手)
右手 
对手 (對手)
左手 
帮手 (幫手)
手下 
手册 (手冊)
手动 (手動)
手势 (手勢)
手套 
手写 (手寫)
手工 
手心 
手指 
手掌 
手提包 
手段 
手法 
手稿 
手续 (手續)
手续费 (手續費)
手腕 
手脚 (手腳)
手臂 
手艺 (手藝)
手术 (手術)
手表 (手錶)
手链 (手鏈)
手镯 (手鐲)
手头 (手頭)
把手 
拉手 
招手 
拱手 
拿手 
措手不及 
握手 
挥手 (揮手)
抢手 (搶手)
携手 (攜手)
放手 
新手 
枪手 (槍手)
歌手 
杀手 (殺手)
洗手 
牵手 (牽手)
空手 
联手 (聯手)
能手 
举手 (舉手)
举手投足 (舉手投足)
着手 (著手)
亲手 (親手)
选手 (選手)
释手 (釋手)
随手 (隨手)
顺手 (順手)
高手 

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  • 810th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 170 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zuò (zuo4)seat • base • stand • CL:個|个[ge4] • classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zuò (zuo4)The component is pronounced as 'zuò' (zuo4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for zuò (zuo4)The component is pronounced as 'zòng' (zong4). It has the same pinyin initial.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

天秤座 
天蝎座 (天蠍座)
射手座 
巨蟹座 
摩羯座 
星座 
水瓶座 
狮子座 (獅子座)
白羊座 
金牛座 

Uncommon

入座 
座位 
座椅 
插座 
处女座 (處女座)
讲座 (講座)
双子座 (雙子座)
魔羯座 

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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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