1. 性
  2. 生
  3. 活

性

Previous (明)Next (知)
  • 122nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.16% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 310 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
性→
忄生
2Radical
性→
忄heart生life
3Graphical
性→
丨八龶㇒

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xìng (xing4)nature • character • property • quality • attribute • sexuality • sex • gender • suffix forming adjective from verb • suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity • essence • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 性 xìng (xing4)The component 忄 is pronounced as 'xīn' (xin1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

High Frequency

人性 
任性 
个性 (個性)
女性 
弹性 (彈性)
性 
性感 
性格 
感性 
理性 
男性 
异性 (異性)
习惯性 (習慣性)

Medium Frequency

一次性 
中性 
代表性 
佛性 
个性化 (個性化)
先天性 
全国性 (全國性)
共性 
刺激性 
创造性 (創造性)
动物性 (動物性)
可能性 
同性 
同性恋 (同性戀)
品性 
天性 
女性化 
安全性 
定性 
实质性 (實質性)
属性 (屬性)
建设性 (建設性)
德性 
心性 
急性 
急性子 
性交 
性价比 (性價比)
性别 (性別)
性取向 
性命 
性地 
性子 
性情 
性爱 (性愛)
性欲 (性慾)
性状 (性狀)
性生活 
性病 
性能 
性质 (性質)
性骚扰 (性騷擾)
悟性 
恶性 (惡性)
惰性 
慢性 
慢性病 
惯性 (慣性)
成性 
戏剧性 (戲劇性)
放射性 
敏感性 
本性 
本性难移 (本性難移)
历史性 (歷史性)
活性 
流动性 (流動性)
特性 
生性 
异性恋 (異性戀)
病毒性 
真实性 (真實性)
确定性 (確定性)
磁性 
秉性 
积极性 (積極性)
稳定性 (穩定性)
索性 
综合性 (綜合性)
线性 (線性)
习性 (習性)
耐性 
良性 
记性 (記性)
变性 (變性)
象征性 (象徵性)
周期性 (週期性)
过敏性 (過敏性)
选择性 (選擇性)
酸性 
重要性 
野性 
针对性 (針對性)
阳性 (陽性)
阶段性 (階段性)
隐性 (隱性)
雄性 
雌性 
双性恋 (雙性戀)
灵性 (靈性)
韧性 (韌性)
显性 (顯性)
养性 (養性)
碱性 (鹼性)
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生

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Previous (对)Next (能)
  • 34th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.35% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 346 words
  • Component in 25 characters

Decomposition

1Once
生→
龶㇒
2Radical
生→
生life
3Graphical
生→
龶㇒

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shēng (sheng1)to be born • to give birth • life • to grow • raw, uncooked

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 生 shēng (sheng1)The component 生 is pronounced as 'shēng' (sheng1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

生 also appears in:
生性星胜醒姓隆牲猩腥惺甥窿笙旌戥蕤眚癃篂霳苼鼪鍟鏟

Example Words

High Frequency

人生 
先生 
女生 
学生 (學生)
生 
生命 
生日 
生活 
发生 (發生)

Medium Frequency

一生 
一生一世 
三生有幸 
今生 
来生 (來生)
再生 
出生 
大学生 (大學生)
天生 
学生会 (學生會)
学生证 (學生證)
小学生 (小學生)
新生 
民生 
活生生 
生动 (生動)
生化 
生子 
生存 
生怕 
生意 
生态 (生態)
生成 
生机 (生機)
生死 
生气 (生氣)
生涯 
生物 
生物钟 (生物鐘)
生理 
生产 (生產)
生病 
生肖 
生育 
生菜 
生姜 (生薑)
生长 (生長)
产生 (產生)
男生 
留学生 (留學生)
畜生 
毕业生 (畢業生)
众生 (眾生)
研究生 
终生 (終生)
维生素 (維生素)
考生 
花生 
卫生 (衛生)
卫生巾 (衛生巾)
卫生间 (衛生間)
亲生 (親生)
计生 (計生)
诞生 (誕生)
逃生 
医生 (醫生)
重生 
野生 
陌生 
陌生人 
养生 (養生)
高中生 
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活

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Previous (题)Next (尔)
  • 219th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 81 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
活→
氵舌
2Radical
活→
氵water舌tongue
3Graphical
活→
⺀㇀㇒一丨口

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huó (huo2)to live • alive • living • work • workmanship

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

活 also appears in:
阔闊

Example Words

High Frequency

活 
活动 (活動)
生活 

Medium Frequency

干活 (幹活)
复活 (復活)
忙活 
活佛 
活力 
活活 
活泼 (活潑)
活该 (活該)
活跃 (活躍)
激活 
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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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