1. 意
  2. 向

意

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  • 104th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.19% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 322 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
意→
音心
2Radical
意→
音sound心heart
3Graphical
意→
一丶丷一口一𠁼㇃

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yì (Yi4)Italy • Italian • abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4]
2. yì (yi4)idea • meaning • thought • to think • wish • desire • intention • to expect • to anticipate

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 意 yì (yi4)The component 音 is pronounced as 'yīn' (yin1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

意 also appears in:
臆噫薏癔镱鐿

Example Words

Common

任意 
创意 (創意)
在意 
好意思 
如意 
意外 
意思 
意义 (意義)
意见 (意見)
惬意 (愜意)
注意 
满意 (滿意)
万事如意 (萬事如意)
愿意 (願意)

Uncommon

一心一意 
不经意 (不經意)
中意 
主意 
人意 
介意 
假意 
全心全意 
出乎意料 
出人意料 
刻意 
同意 
善意 
大意 
天意 
失意 
好意 
寓意 
得意 
心意 
心满意足 (心滿意足)
情意 
恶意 (惡意)
意味 
意境 
意大利 
意志 
意想不到 
意料 
意气相投 (意氣相投)
意犹未尽 (意猶未盡)
意识 (意識)
意愿 (意願)
爱意 (愛意)
故意 
新意 
有意 
有意思 
乐意 (樂意)
没意思 (沒意思)
注意力 
潜意识 (潛意識)
无意 (無意)
特意 
玩意 
玩意儿 (玩意兒)
生意 
留意 
真意 
睡意 
称心如意 (稱心如意)
肆意 
诗意 (詩意)
诚意 (誠意)
随意 (隨意)
顺意 (順意)

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向

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  • 146th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 139 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
向→
宀口
2Radical
向→
宀roof口mouth
3Graphical
向→
冖丶口

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiàng (Xiang4)surname Xiang
2. xiàng (xiang4)towards • to face • to turn towards • direction • to support • to side with • shortly before • formerly • always • all along

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

向 also appears in:
响晌饷垧餉

Example Words

Common

向上 
向前 
方向 
走向 
风向 (風向)

Uncommon

一向 
偏向 
倾向 (傾向)
内向 (內向)
动向 (動向)
去向 
取向 
向下 
向来 (向來)
向右 
向左 
向后 (向後)
向日葵 
向阳 (向陽)
向往 (嚮往)
外向 
定向 
导向 (導向)
志向 
意向 
指向 
方向盘 (方向盤)
晕头转向 (暈頭轉向)
转向 (轉向)
逆向 
通向 
双向 (雙向)
面向 (面嚮)

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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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