• 1036th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 34 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. ruò (ruo4)weak • feeble • young • inferior • (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for ruò (ruo4)The component is pronounced as 'ruò' (ruo4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

 
脆弱 

Medium Frequency

弱势 (弱勢)
弱智 
弱点 (弱點)
微弱 
懦弱 
柔弱 
减弱 (減弱)
示弱 
薄弱 
虚弱 (虛弱)
衰弱 
软弱 (軟弱)
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  • 506th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 64 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shì (shi4)power • influence • potential • momentum • tendency • trend • situation • conditions • outward appearance • sign • gesture • male genitals

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as 'zhí' (zhi2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as 'shǒu' (shou3). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as '' (li4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

High Frequency

优势 (優勢)
 ()
势力 (勢力)
姿势 (姿勢)
强势 (強勢)
形势 (形勢)
气势 (氣勢)
走势 (走勢)
趋势 (趨勢)
运势 (運勢)

Medium Frequency

作势 (作勢)
伤势 (傷勢)
劣势 (劣勢)
势利 (勢利)
势利眼 (勢利眼)
势必 (勢必)
势头 (勢頭)
地势 (地勢)
局势 (局勢)
弱势 (弱勢)
得势 (得勢)
恶势力 (惡勢力)
态势 (態勢)
手势 (手勢)
攻势 (攻勢)
架势 (架勢)
权势 (權勢)
火势 (火勢)
声势 (聲勢)
蓄势待发 (蓄勢待發)
阵势 (陣勢)
顺势 (順勢)
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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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