• 1564th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 34 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiè (jie4)to guard against • to exhort • to admonish or warn • to give up or stop doing sth • Buddhist monastic discipline • ring (for a finger)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

戒指 
戒烟 (戒煙)
戒酒 
钻戒 (鑽戒)

Medium Frequency

八戒 
 
戒备 (戒備)
猪八戒 (豬八戒)
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  • 795th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 130 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiǔ (jiu3)wine (esp. rice wine) • liquor • spirits • alcoholic beverage • CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

下酒 
 
酒吧 
酒店 

Medium Frequency

啤酒 
喜酒 
喝酒 
戒酒 
敬酒 
料酒 
烟酒 (煙酒)
白酒 
葡萄酒 
解酒 
酒味 
酒家 
酒后 (酒後)
酒杯 
酒楼 (酒樓)
酒窝 (酒窩)
酒精 
酒醉 
酒酿 (酒釀)
酒量 
酒鬼 
醉酒 
饮酒 (飲酒)
黄酒 (黃酒)
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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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