• 526th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 68 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (lu:4)law

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

定律 
律师 (律師)
旋律 
法律 
规律 (規律)

Uncommon

一律 
七律 
千篇一律 
纪律 (紀律)
自律 
菲律宾 (菲律賓)

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  • 333rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 155 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shī (Shi1)surname Shi
2. shī (shi1)teacher • master • expert • model • army division • (old) troops • to dispatch troops

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shī (shi1)The component is pronounced as '' (yi3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for shī (shi1)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

师傅 (師傅)
老师 (老師)

Uncommon

出师 (出師)
分析师 (分析師)
大师 (大師)
宗师 (宗師)
导师 (導師)
工程师 (工程師)
师兄 (師兄)
师大 (師大)
师妹 (師妹)
师姐 (師姐)
师弟 (師弟)
师徒 (師徒)
师父 (師父)
师生 (師生)
师范 (師範)
师长 (師長)
厨师 (廚師)
建筑师 (建築師)
律师 (律師)
摄影师 (攝影師)
教师 (教師)
法师 (法師)
牧师 (牧師)
理发师 (理髮師)
禅师 (禪師)
设计师 (設計師)
医师 (醫師)
发型师 (髮型師)
魔法师 (魔法師)
魔术师 (魔術師)

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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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