• 59th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.26% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 396 words
  • Component in 8 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chéng (Cheng2)surname Cheng
2. chéng (cheng2)to succeed • to finish • to complete • to accomplish • to become • to turn into • to be all right • OK! • one tenth

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

完成 
成功 
成就 
成为 (成為)
成长 (成長)
变成 (變成)

Uncommon

事业有成 (事業有成)
切成 
合成 
建成 
形成 
成交 
成人 
成全 
成分 
成名 
成员 (成員)
成天 
成年 
成日 
成本 
成果 
成熟 
成真 
成立 
成绩 (成績)
成绩单 (成績單)
成语 (成語)
成都 
成龙 (成龍)
改成 
构成 (構成)
当成 (當成)
看成 
组成 (組成)
造成 
达成 (達成)
养成 (養成)

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  • 860th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 79 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bài (bai4)be defeated • to defeat • loss

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for bài (bai4)The component is pronounced as 'bèi' (bei4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

失败 (失敗)
打败 (打敗)
击败 (擊敗)
腐败 (腐敗)

Uncommon

一败涂地 (一敗塗地)
不败之地 (不敗之地)
失败者 (失敗者)
惨败 (慘敗)
成败 (成敗)
挫败 (挫敗)
败坏 (敗壞)
败笔 (敗筆)
败类 (敗類)
独孤求败 (獨孤求敗)
连败 (連敗)

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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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