• 1410th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 32 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qiāng (qiang1)see 搶風|抢风[qiang1 feng1]
2. qiǎng (qiang3)to fight over • to rush • to scramble • to grab • to rob • to snatch

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

抢先 (搶先)
抢劫 (搶劫)
抢眼 (搶眼)
抢购 (搶購)
抢走 (搶走)

Uncommon

抢占 (搶佔)
抢修 (搶修)
抢劫案 (搶劫案)
抢夺 (搶奪)
抢手 (搶手)
抢救 (搶救)
争抢 (爭搶)

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  • 188th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.11% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 133 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiān (xian1)early • prior • former • in advance • first

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

先生 
首先 

Uncommon

事先 
优先 (優先)
先前 
先天 
先后 (先後)
先机 (先機)
先知 
先行 
先进 (先進)
先锋 (先鋒)
原先 
抢先 (搶先)
率先 
祖先 
预先 (預先)
领先 (領先)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.