• 269th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 249 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xíng (xing2)to appear • to look • form • shape

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

形容 
形式 
形成 
形状 (形狀)
形象 
无形 (無形)
变形 (變形)
隐形 (隱形)

Uncommon

三角形 
人形 
原形 
圆形 (圓形)
图形 (圖形)
地形 
外形 
如影随形 (如影隨形)
字形 
弓形 
形势 (形勢)
形容词 (形容詞)
形式主义 (形式主義)
形形色色 
形影不离 (形影不離)
形态 (形態)
形体 (形體)
情形 
整形 
方形 
有形 
条形码 (條形碼)
现形 (現形)
球形 
异形 (異形)
畸形 
菱形 
身形 
长方形 (長方形)
雏形 (雛形)
体形 (體形)

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  • 389th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 240 words
  • Component in 9 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shàn (Shan4)surname Shan
2. dān (dan1)bill • list • form • single • only • sole • odd number • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

名单 (名單)
单位 (單位)
单曲 (單曲)
单纯 (單純)
单身 (單身)
孤单 (孤單)
简单 (簡單)

Uncommon

下单 (下單)
传单 (傳單)
单一 (單一)
单人 (單人)
单价 (單價)
单元 (單元)
单单 (單單)
单子 (單子)
单恋 (單戀)
单手 (單手)
单打 (單打)
单挑 (單挑)
单方面 (單方面)
单独 (單獨)
单眼皮 (單眼皮)
单程 (單程)
单肩包 (單肩包)
单亲 (單親)
单词 (單詞)
单调 (單調)
单身汉 (單身漢)
单车 (單車)
埋单 (埋單)
帐单 (帳單)
床单 (床單)
成绩单 (成績單)
清单 (清單)
罚单 (罰單)
菜单 (菜單)
西单 (西單)
订单 (訂單)
买单 (買單)
账单 (賬單)

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  • 390th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 153 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yǐng (ying3)picture • image • film • movie • photograph • reflection • shadow • trace

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yǐng (ying3)The component is pronounced as 'jǐng' (jing3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

影响 (影響)
影响力 (影響力)
摄影 (攝影)
电影 (電影)

Uncommon

倒影 
光影 
合影 
如影随形 (如影隨形)
影像 
影子 
影片 
影视 (影視)
影评 (影評)
影院 
影音 
摄影师 (攝影師)
火影忍者 
眼影 
背影 
踪影 (蹤影)
身影 
阴影 (陰影)
电影票 (電影票)
电影院 (電影院)
魔影 

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  • 97th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 13 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhī (zhi1)classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhī (zhi1)The component is pronounced as 'zhuī' (zhui1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

船只 (船隻)
只身 (隻身)

Uncommon

大只 (大隻)
形单影只 (形單影隻)

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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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