• 244th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 120 words
  • Component in 9 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiàn (jian4)to establish • to found • to set up • to build • to construct

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

建筑 (建築)
建设 (建設)
建议 (建議)
建造 
扩建 (擴建)

Uncommon

修建 
创建 (創建)
封建 
建国 (建國)
建成 
建立 
建筑师 (建築師)
建筑物 (建築物)
建行 
搭建 
新建 
构建 (構建)
福建 
福建省 
组建 (組建)
重建 

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  • 1128th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 18 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhù (zhu4)five-string lute • another word for Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Gui4 yang2], capital of Guizhou province 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1] • Taiwan pr. [zhu2]
2. zhù (zhu4)to build • to construct • to ram • to hit • Taiwan pr. [zhu2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhù (zhu4)The component is pronounced as 'zhǔ' (zhu3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

建筑 (建築)

Uncommon

建筑师 (建築師)
建筑物 (建築物)
构筑 (構築)

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  • 333rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 155 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
No glyph availableoneturban/scarf
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shī (Shi1)surname Shi
2. shī (shi1)teacher • master • expert • model • army division • (old) troops • to dispatch troops

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shī (shi1)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

师傅 (師傅)
老师 (老師)

Uncommon

出师 (出師)
分析师 (分析師)
大师 (大師)
宗师 (宗師)
导师 (導師)
工程师 (工程師)
师兄 (師兄)
师大 (師大)
师妹 (師妹)
师姐 (師姐)
师弟 (師弟)
师徒 (師徒)
师父 (師父)
师生 (師生)
师范 (師範)
师长 (師長)
厨师 (廚師)
建筑师 (建築師)
律师 (律師)
摄影师 (攝影師)
教师 (教師)
法师 (法師)
牧师 (牧師)
理发师 (理髮師)
禅师 (禪師)
设计师 (設計師)
医师 (醫師)
发型师 (髮型師)
魔法师 (魔法師)
魔术师 (魔術師)

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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.