• 1818th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 58 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. pīn (pin1)to piece together • to join together • to stake all • adventurous • at the risk of one's life • to spell

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

拼命 
拼图 (拼圖)
拼搏 

Uncommon

打拼 
拼接 
拼死 
拼凑 (拼湊)
拼盘 (拼盤)
拼车 (拼車)
拼音 
拼斗 (拼鬥)

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  • 587th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 138 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shā (sha1)to kill • to murder • to fight • to weaken or reduce • to smart (topolect) • to counteract • (used after a verb) extremely

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shā (sha1)The component is pronounced as 'shā' (sha1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for shā (sha1)The component is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for shā (sha1)The component is pronounced as 'shū' (shu1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

杀人 (殺人)
杀戮 (殺戮)
杀手 (殺手)
杀死 (殺死)
秒杀 (秒殺)
自杀 (自殺)
谋杀 (謀殺)
谋杀案 (謀殺案)

Uncommon

他杀 (他殺)
借刀杀人 (借刀殺人)
凶杀 (兇殺)
刺杀 (刺殺)
宰杀 (宰殺)
封杀 (封殺)
射杀 (射殺)
屠杀 (屠殺)
厮杀 (廝殺)
扼杀 (扼殺)
抹杀 (抹殺)
拼杀 (拼殺)
搏杀 (搏殺)
斩杀 (斬殺)
暗杀 (暗殺)
枪杀 (槍殺)
残杀 (殘殺)
杀人犯 (殺人犯)
杀伤力 (殺傷力)
杀价 (殺價)
杀害 (殺害)
杀掉 (殺掉)
杀敌 (殺敵)
杀气 (殺氣)
杀生 (殺生)
杀菌 (殺菌)
杀菌剂 (殺菌劑)
杀青 (殺青)
猎杀 (獵殺)
虐杀 (虐殺)
误杀 (誤殺)
追杀 (追殺)

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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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