• 83rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.21% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 248 words
  • Component in 343 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiǎo (xiao3)small • tiny • few • young

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for xiǎo (xiao3)The component is pronounced as 'xiǎo' (xiao3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 
小时 (小時)

Medium Frequency

大小 
小丑 
小事 
小伙 
小伙子 
小偷 
小区 (小區)
小吃 
小品 
小妹 
小姐 
小姨 
小子 
小孩 
小学 (小學)
小学生 (小學生)
小小 
小屋 
小弟 
小心 
小心眼 
小心翼翼 
小时候 (小時候)
小朋友 
小样 (小樣)
小气 (小氣)
小狗 
小米 
小组 (小組)
小脚 (小腳)
小腿 
小号 (小號)
小说 (小說)
小贩 (小販)
小资 (小資)
小鸡 (小雞)
小雨 
小雪 
微小 
渺小 
胆小 (膽小)
胆小鬼 (膽小鬼)
蜡笔小新 (蠟筆小新)
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  • 435th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 101 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jīng (jing1)essence • extract • vitality • energy • semen • sperm • mythical goblin spirit • highly perfected • elite • the pick of sth • proficient (refined ability) • extremely (fine) • selected rice (archaic)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jīng (jing1)The component is pronounced as 'qīng' (qing1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

High Frequency

精彩 
精神 
精美 
精选 (精選)
龙马精神 (龍馬精神)

Medium Frequency

味精 
妖精 
 
精力 
精品 
精心 
精明 
精准 (精準)
精神病 
精致 (精緻)
精英 
精华 (精華)
精进 (精進)
精灵 (精靈)
酒精 
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  • 733rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 75 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

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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Appears In

also appears in:

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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