• 653rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 276 words
  • Component in 8 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ni2)Buddhist nun • (often used in phonetic spellings)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ni2)The component is pronounced as 'shī' (shi1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (ni2)The component is pronounced as '' (bi3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

威尼斯 
尼玛 (尼瑪)

Uncommon

丹尼尔 (丹尼爾)
亚美尼亚 (亞美尼亞)
博洛尼亚 (博洛尼亞)
印尼 
印度尼西亚 (印度尼西亞)
吉尼斯 
安东尼 (安東尼)
尼加拉瓜 
尼古丁 
尼姑 
尼康 
尼采 (尼採)
尼斯 
尼日利亚 (尼日利亞)
尼桑 
尼泊尔 (尼泊爾)
尼罗河 (尼羅河)
尼龙 (尼龍)
悉尼 
慕尼黑 
比基尼 
泰坦尼克号 (泰坦尼克號)
突尼斯 
索尼 
罗马尼亚 (羅馬尼亞)
肯尼亚 (肯尼亞)
肯尼迪 
兰博基尼 (蘭博基尼)
车尔尼雪夫斯基 (車爾尼雪夫斯基)
迪士尼 
迪斯尼 
释迦牟尼 (釋迦牟尼)
马尼拉 (馬尼拉)

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  • 166th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.13% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 347 words
  • Component in 17 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiā (Jia1)abbr. for Canada 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]
2. jiā (jia1)to add • plus

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

加入 
加油 
参加 (參加)
增加 
更加 

Uncommon

加上 
加以 
加倍 
加大 
加州 
加工 
加强 (加強)
加快 
加拿大 
加油站 
加深 
加热 (加熱)
加班 
加盟 
加薪 
加号 (加號)
加速 
加重 
加点 (加點)
外加 
新加坡 
添加 
芝加哥 

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  • 324th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 580 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (la1)to pull • to play (a bowed instrument) • to drag • to draw • to chat

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (la1)The component is pronounced as '' (li4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

卡拉 
拉屎 
拉手 
拉拉 
拉肚子 
拉链 (拉鏈)
拉开 (拉開)
拉面 (拉麵)
沙拉 
香格里拉 

Uncommon

亚伯拉罕 (亞伯拉罕)
伊拉克 
杰拉德 (傑拉德)
克拉 
克拉克 
克拉玛依 (克拉瑪依)
凯迪拉克 (凱迪拉克)
划拉 
勃拉姆斯 
南斯拉夫 
吉拉德 
呼拉圈 
哥斯拉 
喜马拉雅 (喜馬拉雅)
喜马拉雅山 (喜馬拉雅山)
噶拉 
堪培拉 
委内瑞拉 (委內瑞拉)
孟加拉 
孟加拉国 (孟加拉國)
安拉 
尼加拉瓜 
左拉 
布拉格 
布达拉宫 (布達拉宮)
希拉里 
手拉手 
扒拉 
拉丁 
拉丁舞 
拉伸 
拉倒 
拉伤 (拉傷)
拉入 
拉力 
拉力赛 (拉力賽)
拉布拉多 
拉扯 
拉拉队 (拉拉隊)
拉拢 (拉攏)
拉斐尔 (拉斐爾)
拉斯维加斯 (拉斯維加斯)
拉杆 
拉格朗日 
拉比 
拉环 (拉環)
拉登 
拉皮 
拉票 
拉筋 
拉紧 (拉緊)
拉美 
拉莫斯 
拉萨 (拉薩)
拉锯 (拉鋸)
拉锯战 (拉鋸戰)
拉长 (拉長)
拉高 
拉齐奥 (拉齊奧)
拖拉 
拖拉机 (拖拉機)
拖拖拉拉 
提拉米苏 (提拉米蘇)
摩托罗拉 (摩托羅拉)
撒哈拉 
撒哈拉沙漠 
易拉罐 
本拉登 
柏拉图 (柏拉圖)
沙特阿拉伯 
法拉 
法拉利 
法拉第 
海拉尔 (海拉爾)
潘多拉 
乌拉圭 (烏拉圭)
玛莎拉蒂 (瑪莎拉蒂)
科罗拉多 (科羅拉多)
稀稀拉拉 
米拉 
维拉 (維拉)
耷拉 
色拉 
色拉油 
莎拉 
莎拉波娃 
萨拉戈萨 (薩拉戈薩)
苏格拉底 (蘇格拉底)
贝拉 (貝拉)
贝拉米 (貝拉米)
赫拉 
达拉斯 (達拉斯)
阿拉 
阿拉丁 
阿拉伯 
阿拉伯人 
阿拉伯海 
阿拉伯语 (阿拉伯語)
阿拉斯加 
马尼拉 (馬尼拉)
马拉 (馬拉)
马拉加 (馬拉加)
马拉多纳 (馬拉多納)
马拉松 (馬拉松)

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  • 1824th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 73 words
  • Component in 17 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. guā (gua1)melon • gourd • squash

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for guā (gua1)The component is pronounced as 'guā' (gua1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

傻瓜 
木瓜 
西瓜 
黄瓜 (黃瓜)

Uncommon

冬瓜 
南瓜 
地瓜 
瓜子 
丝瓜 (絲瓜)
苦瓜 

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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.