• 248th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 67 words
  • Component in 16 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
𠁼丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (bi4)certainly • must • will • necessarily

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

何必 
必要 
必须 (必須)

Uncommon

务必 (務必)
必不可少 
必备 (必備)
必胜客 (必勝客)
必定 
必然 
必需 
必需品 
想必 
未必 

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  • 408th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 24 words
  • Component in 14 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (xu1)to require • to need • to want • necessity • need

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (xu1)The component is pronounced as '' (yu4). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (xu1)The component is pronounced as '' (yu3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

需要 

Uncommon

需求 

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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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