• 261st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 182 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhǐ (zhi3)finger • to point at or to • to indicate or refer to • to depend on • to count on • (of hair) to stand on end

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhǐ (zhi3)The component is pronounced as 'zhǐ' (zhi3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhǐ (zhi3)The component is pronounced as '' (bi3). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for zhǐ (zhi3)The component is pronounced as '' (ri4). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

戒指 
手指 
指数 (指數)
指甲 

Uncommon

中指 
大拇指 
弹指 (彈指)
手指头 (手指頭)
拇指 
指令 
指出 
指南 
指向 
指定 
指导 (指導)
指尖 
指引 
指手画脚 (指手畫腳)
指指点点 (指指點點)
指控 
指挥 (指揮)
指教 
指日可待 
指望 
指标 (指標)
指甲油 
指示 
指纹 (指紋)
指责 (指責)
指路 
指针 (指針)
指头 (指頭)
指点 (指點)
无名指 (無名指)
股指 
食指 

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  • 343rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 146 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
𠂇

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dǎo (dao3)to transmit • to lead • to guide • to conduct • to direct

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

导演 (導演)
导致 (導致)
导航 (導航)
领导 (領導)

Uncommon

主导 (主導)
倡导 (倡導)
执导 (執導)
报导 (報導)
导向 (導向)
导师 (導師)
导弹 (導彈)
导读 (導讀)
导购 (導購)
导游 (導遊)
引导 (引導)
指导 (指導)
推导 (推導)
教导 (教導)
疏导 (疏導)
编导 (編導)
自导 (自導)
误导 (誤導)
辅导 (輔導)
辅导员 (輔導員)
开导 (開導)
领导人 (領導人)
领导者 (領導者)

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  • 200th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 276 words
  • Component in 8 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yuán (yuan2)person • employee • member

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

人员 (人員)
公务员 (公務員)
动员 (動員)
员工 (員工)
委员 (委員)
官员 (官員)
成员 (成員)
会员 (會員)
服务员 (服務員)
演员 (演員)
球员 (球員)

Uncommon

乘务员 (乘務員)
全员 (全員)
列车员 (列車員)
售票员 (售票員)
售货员 (售貨員)
团员 (團員)
委员会 (委員會)
学员 (學員)
守门员 (守門員)
专员 (專員)
店员 (店員)
成员国 (成員國)
指导员 (指導員)
推销员 (推銷員)
文员 (文員)
消防员 (消防員)
满员 (滿員)
营业员 (營業員)
特派员 (特派員)
研究员 (研究員)
程序员 (程序員)
管理员 (管理員)
总动员 (總動員)
职员 (職員)
船员 (船員)
裁员 (裁員)
要员 (要員)
解说员 (解說員)
议员 (議員)
辅导员 (輔導員)
通讯员 (通訊員)
运动员 (運動員)
邮递员 (郵遞員)
队员 (隊員)
雇员 (雇員)
飞行员 (飛行員)
驾驶员 (駕駛員)
党员 (黨員)

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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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