• 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.
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Appears In

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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.
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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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  • 570th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 134 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qún (qun2)group • crowd • flock, herd, pack etc

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for qún (qun2)The component is pronounced as 'jūn' (jun1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for qún (qun2)The component is pronounced as 'gǔn' (gun3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

人群 
群众 (群眾)
群雄 
群体 (群體)

Uncommon

合群 
建筑群 (建築群)
成群 
成群结队 (成群結隊)
战斗群 (戰鬥群)
敬业乐群 (敬業樂群)
族群 
症候群 
羊群 
群居 
群山 
群峰 
群岛 (群島)
群架 
群芳 
群英会 (群英會)
超群 
集群 
鹤立鸡群 (鶴立雞群)

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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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