• 94th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.19% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 457 words
  • Component in 13 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. kāi (kai1)to open • to start • to turn on • to boil • to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) • to operate (vehicle) • abbr. for 開爾文|开尔文 degrees Kelvin

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

打开 (打開)
开始 (開始)
开心 (開心)
开门 (開門)
离开 (離開)

Uncommon

公开 (公開)
分开 (分開)
召开 (召開)
展开 (展開)
张开 (張開)
想开 (想開)
拆开 (拆開)
拉开 (拉開)
抛开 (拋開)
推开 (推開)
揭开 (揭開)
摊开 (攤開)
放开 (放開)
敞开 (敞開)
煮开 (煮開)
烧开 (燒開)
白开水 (白開水)
盛开 (盛開)
看开 (看開)
睁开 (睜開)
翻开 (翻開)
解开 (解開)
走开 (走開)
避开 (避開)
开动 (開動)
开口 (開口)
开启 (開啟)
开场 (開場)
开学 (開學)
开封 (開封)
开导 (開導)
开展 (開展)
开工 (開工)
开幕 (開幕)
开店 (開店)
开张 (開張)
开往 (開往)
开心果 (開心果)
开怀 (開懷)
开战 (開戰)
开放 (開放)
开会 (開會)
开朗 (開朗)
开业 (開業)
开枪 (開槍)
开机 (開機)
开水 (開水)
开火 (開火)
开灯 (開燈)
开玩笑 (開玩笑)
开发 (開發)
开发商 (開發商)
开盘 (開盤)
开眼 (開眼)
开端 (開端)
开胃 (開胃)
开台 (開臺)
开花 (開花)
开走 (開走)
开车 (開車)
开通 (開通)
开门红 (開門紅)
开间 (開間)
开阔 (開闊)
开关 (開關)
开头 (開頭)
开饭 (開飯)
松开 (鬆開)

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  • 78th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.22% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 622 words
  • Component in 10 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tiān (tian1)day • sky • heaven

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

今天 
天下 
天天 
天气 (天氣)
明天 
昨天 

Uncommon

上天 
中天 
倚天屠龙记 (倚天屠龍記)
冬天 
冷天 
前天 
半天 
夏天 
大闹天宫 (大鬧天宮)
天上 
天亮 
天使 
天台 
天后 
天呀 
天哪 
天国 (天國)
天地 
天堂 
天子 
天意 
天才 
天朝 
天河 
天津 
天涯 
天然 
天王 
天生 
天真 
天秤 
天秤座 
天空 
天蝎 (天蠍)
天蝎座 (天蠍座)
天赋 (天賦)
天长地久 (天長地久)
天鹅 (天鵝)
后天 (後天)
摩天 
整天 
星期天 
春天 
晴天 
欢天喜地 (歡天喜地)
漫天 
当天 (當天)
白天 
秋天 
老天 
老天爷 (老天爺)
聊天 
苍天 (蒼天)
蓝天 (藍天)
那天 
阴天 (陰天)
雨天 
青天 
飞天 (飛天)

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  • 2135th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 15 words
  • Component in 25 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (bi4)king • monarch • to enlist • to repel • to avoid
2. (pi4)law • variant of 闢|辟[pi4]
3. (pi4)to dispel • to refute • to repudiate • to open up (for development)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (bi4)The component is pronounced as 'shī' (shi1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (pi4)The component is pronounced as 'shī' (shi1). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for (pi4)The component is pronounced as 'shī' (shi1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

精辟 (精闢)
开天辟地 (開天闢地)
开辟 (開闢)

Uncommon

复辟 (復辟)
辟谷 (辟穀)
辟邪 
辟谣 (闢謠)

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  • 21st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.50% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 821 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. de (de5)-ly • structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
2. (di4)earth • ground • field • place • land • CL:片[pian4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for de (de5)The component is pronounced as '' (ye3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

地主 
地址 
地方 
地铁 (地鐵)

Uncommon

一败涂地 (一敗塗地)
不败之地 (不敗之地)
内地 (內地)
原地 
土地 
地上 
地下 
地中海 
地久天长 (地久天長)
地位 
地区 (地區)
地图 (地圖)
地域 
地坛 (地壇)
地带 (地帶)
地平线 (地平線)
地心 
地板 
地步 
地毯 
地牢 
地狱 (地獄)
地球 
地理 
地瓜 
地产 (地產)
地盘 (地盤)
地处 (地處)
地质 (地質)
地道 
地铁站 (地鐵站)
地震 
地面 
地点 (地點)
基地 
场地 (場地)
境地 
墓地 
外地 
大地 
天地 
天寒地冻 (天寒地凍)
天崩地裂 
天旋地转 (天旋地轉)
天长地久 (天長地久)
失地 
奥地利 (奧地利)
工地 
征地 
心地 
战地 (戰地)
房地产 (房地產)
所在地 
扫地 (掃地)
故地 
本地 
欢天喜地 (歡天喜地)
死心塌地 
湿地 (濕地)
特地 
异地 (異地)
异地恋 (異地戀)
当地 (當地)
目的地 
圣地 (聖地)
脚踏实地 (腳踏實地)
草地 
荒地 
落地 
谈天说地 (談天說地)
谢天谢地 (謝天謝地)
质地 (質地)
遍地 
开天辟地 (開天闢地)
阵地 (陣地)
随地 (隨地)
领地 (領地)
余地 (餘地)
惊天动地 (驚天動地)

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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.