• 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.

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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  • 509th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 267 words
  • Component in 28 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Gu3)surname Gu
2. (gu3)ancient • old • paleo-

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

古代 
古城 
古老 
复古 (復古)

Uncommon

上古 
亘古 (亙古)
仿古 
内蒙古 (內蒙古)
千古 
古人 
古今 
古来 (古來)
古典 
古刹 (古剎)
古堡 
古宅 
古巴 
古怪 
古惑仔 
古文 
古时 (古時)
古时候 (古時候)
古板 
古朴 (古樸)
古玩 
古琴 
古田 
古筝 (古箏)
古色古香 
古董 
古装剧 (古裝劇)
古诗 (古詩)
古语 (古語)
古迹 (古跡)
古道 
古都 
古风 (古風)
古龙 (古龍)
名古屋 
尼古丁 
朱古力 
盘古 (盤古)
考古 
考古学家 (考古學家)
自古 
自古以来 (自古以來)
茶马古道 (茶馬古道)
蒙古 
蒙古包 
蒙古族 
远古 (遠古)

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  • 1166th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 125 words
  • Component in 24 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dīng (Ding1)surname Ding
2. dīng (ding1)fourth of 10 heavenly stems 十天干 • fourth in order • letter "D" or roman "IV" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc • butyl • cubes (of food)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

丁丁 
布丁 

Uncommon

丁卯 
丁字 
丁字裤 (丁字褲)
丁磊 
丁香 
丁点 (丁點)
亚丁 (亞丁)
人丁 
但丁 
冷不丁 
卡丁车 (卡丁車)
园丁 (園丁)
垦丁 (墾丁)
壮丁 (壯丁)
奥斯丁 (奧斯丁)
尼古丁 
爱丁堡 (愛丁堡)
拉丁 
拉丁文 
拉丁美洲 
拉丁舞 
柳丁 
沙丁鱼 (沙丁魚)
添丁 
紫丁香 
补丁 (補丁)
阿拉丁 
鸡丁 (雞丁)
马丁 (馬丁)

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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.