• 215th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 494 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. píng (Ping2)surname Ping
2. píng (ping2)flat • level • equal • to tie (make the same score) • to draw (score) • calm • peaceful • see also 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

公平 
和平 
平凡 
平均 
平安 
平时 (平時)
平淡 
平台 (平臺)
平衡 
平静 (平靜)
水平 

Uncommon

不公平 
不平 
北平 
南平 
地平线 (地平線)
天平 
太平 
太平洋 
平价 (平價)
平原 
平和 
平地 
平坦 
平安夜 
平常 
平平 
平底 
平庸 
平复 (平復)
平息 
平方 
平方公里 
平方米 
平日 
平板 
平民 
平生 
平稳 (平穩)
平等 
平米 
平行 
平行线 (平行線)
平遥 (平遙)
平面 
平头 (平頭)
心平气和 (心平氣和)
扳平 
抚平 (撫平)
生平 
邓小平 (鄧小平)
开平 (開平)

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  • 60th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.25% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 334 words
  • Component in 86 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. fāng (Fang1)surname Fang
2. fāng (fang1)square • power or involution (mathematics) • upright • honest • fair and square • direction • side • party (to a contract, dispute etc) • place • method • prescription (medicine) • just when • only or just • classifier for square things • abbr. for square or cubic meter

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for fāng (fang1)The component is pronounced as 'fāng' (fang1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

地方 
官方 
对方 (對方)
方便 
方向 
方式 
方法 
方面 
东方 (東方)

Uncommon

下方 
何方 
偏方 
全方位 
前方 
北方 
南方 
大方 
天各一方 
女方 
平方公里 
平方米 
方便面 (方便麵)
方向盘 (方向盤)
方圆 (方圓)
方块 (方塊)
方案 
方程式 
方糖 
方舟 
方言 
次方 
秘方 (祕方)
立方 
西方 
警方 
远方 (遠方)
配方 
双方 (雙方)
魔方 

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  • 115th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.16% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 543 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gōng (gong1)public • collectively owned • common • international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) • make public • fair • just • Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] • honorable (gentlemen) • father-in-law • male (animal)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

公主 
公交 
公司 
公园 (公園)
公寓 
公民 
公路 
公里 
老公 
办公室 (辦公室)

Uncommon

不公 
主人公 
公事 
公交车 (公交車)
公仔 
公布 (公佈)
公元 
公公 
公共 
公分 
公务员 (公務員)
公告 
公婆 
公子 
公安 
公安局 
公安部 
公家 
公平 
公厕 (公廁)
公式 
公敌 (公敵)
公斤 
公会 (公會)
公款 
公正 
公然 
公牛 
公益 
公众 (公眾)
公认 (公認)
公猪 (公豬)
公费 (公費)
公车 (公車)
公道 
公开 (公開)
公开赛 (公開賽)
公关 (公關)
公鸡 (公雞)
公馆 (公館)
分公司 
外公 
天公 
平方公里 
济公 (濟公)
相公 
蒲公英 
办公 (辦公)
办公楼 (辦公樓)
阿公 

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  • 50th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.28% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 431 words
  • Component in 52 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (li3)lining • interior • inside • internal • also written 裡|里[li3]
2. (li3)lining • interior • inside • internal • also written 裏|里[li3]
3. (Li3)Li (surname)
4. (li3)li (Chinese mile) • 500 meters (modern) • home • hometown • village • neighborhood • administrative unit

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (li3)The component is pronounced as '' (li3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (li3)The component is pronounced as '' (li3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

公里 
哪里 (哪裏)
心里 (心裡)
里面 (裡面)
这里 (這裏)
那里 (那裏)

Uncommon

三里屯 
卡路里 
可可西里 
嘴里 (嘴裡)
夜里 (夜裡)
家里 (家裡)
居里夫人 
平方公里 
心里话 (心裡話)
怀里 (懷裡)
故里 
歇斯底里 
水里 
海里 (海裡)
百里挑一 (百裡挑一)
稀里糊涂 (稀裏糊塗)
稀里哗啦 (稀裡嘩啦)
糊里糊涂 (糊裡糊塗)
英里 
万里 (萬里)
里边 (裡邊)
里头 (裡頭)
乡里 (鄉里)
里程 
里程碑 
阿里 
阿里巴巴 
香格里拉 
马德里 (馬德裡)
马里奥 (馬里奧)

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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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