• 1280th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 117 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wěi (wei3)tail • remainder • remnant • extremity • sixth of the 28 constellations • classifier for fish
2. (yi3)horse's tail • pointed posterior section of a locust etc

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (yi3)The component is pronounced as 'shī' (shi1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

尾巴 
尾牙 
年尾 
结尾 (結尾)

Uncommon

尾数 (尾數)
尾气 (尾氣)
尾灯 (尾燈)
尾声 (尾聲)
尾部 
尾随 (尾隨)
从头到尾 (從頭到尾)
彻头彻尾 (徹頭徹尾)
收尾 
末尾 
汕尾 
畏首畏尾 
眼尾 
虎头蛇尾 (虎頭蛇尾)
阑尾 (闌尾)
阑尾炎 (闌尾炎)
鸡尾酒 (雞尾酒)
马尾 (馬尾)
马尾辫 (馬尾辮)
鱼尾 (魚尾)
鱼尾纹 (魚尾紋)

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  • 84th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.21% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 207 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (bu4)ministry • department • section • part • division • troops • board • classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (bu4)The component is pronounced as '' (fu3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

全部 
部分 

Uncommon

一部分 
中部 
俱乐部 (俱樂部)
内部 (內部)
公安部 
北部 
南部 
外交部 
外部 
大部分 (大部份)
天龙八部 (天龍八部)
尾部 
局部 
干部 (幹部)
底部 
教育部 
东部 (東部)
总部 (總部)
胸部 
腰部 
腹部 
臀部 
西部 
部份 
部位 
部署 
部落 
部长 (部長)
部门 (部門)
部队 (部隊)
面部 
顶部 (頂部)
头部 (頭部)
颈部 (頸部)

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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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