• 318th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 137 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhāng (Zhang1)surname Zhang
2. zhāng (zhang1)to open up • to spread • sheet of paper • classifier for flat objects, sheet • classifier for votes

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhāng (zhang1)The component is pronounced as 'cháng' (chang2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhāng (zhang1)The component is pronounced as 'zhǎng' (zhang3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

张居正 (張居正)
扩张 (擴張)
紧张 (緊張)
夸张 (誇張)

Uncommon

主张 (主張)
嚣张 (囂張)
张三 (張三)
张伯伦 (張伯倫)
张力 (張力)
张口 (張口)
张国荣 (張國榮)
张大千 (張大千)
张学友 (張學友)
张学良 (張學良)
张家口 (張家口)
张家港 (張家港)
张家界 (張家界)
张弛 (張弛)
张惠妹 (張惠妹)
张爱玲 (張愛玲)
张扬 (張揚)
张望 (張望)
张柏芝 (張柏芝)
张灯结彩 (張燈結彩)
张牙舞爪 (張牙舞爪)
张罗 (張羅)
张艺谋 (張藝謀)
张贴 (張貼)
张开 (張開)
张韶涵 (張韶涵)
张飞 (張飛)
慌张 (慌張)
东张西望 (東張西望)
纸张 (紙張)
声张 (聲張)
铺张浪费 (鋪張浪費)
开张 (開張)

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  • 125th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.16% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 443 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. sān (San1)surname San
2. sān (san1)three • 3

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

三亚 (三亞)
三十 
三峡 (三峽)
三星 
三角 
初三 
十三 
周三 (週三)

Uncommon

三亚市 (三亞市)
三八 
三分之一 
三十六计 (三十六計)
三十而立 
三合一 
三国志 (三國志)
三姑六婆 
三字经 (三字經)
三岔口 
三心二意 
三思而后行 (三思而後行)
三文鱼 (三文魚)
三明 
三明治 
三更半夜 
三月 
三月份 
三民主义 (三民主義)
三生有幸 
三维 (三維)
三色 
三菱 
三叶草 (三葉草)
三角形 
三角洲 
三言两语 (三言兩語)
三军 (三軍)
三轮车 (三輪車)
三连胜 (三連勝)
三里屯 
三门峡 (三門峽)
三头肌 (三頭肌)
三顾茅庐 (三顧茅廬)
三鲜 (三鮮)
不三不四 
丢三落四 (丟三落四)
再三 
十三点 (十三點)
大三 
小三 
年三十 
张三 (張三)
挑三拣四 (挑三揀四)
接二连三 (接二連三)
星期三 
火冒三丈 
第三十 
第三者 
隔三差五 

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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.