1. 撇
  2. 開

撇

Previous (黯)Next (粟)
  • 2876th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 12 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
撇→
扌敝
2Radical
撇→
扌hand巾turban/scarf冫iceNo glyph available⺙knock
3Graphical
撇→
亅二冂丨丶㇀冫丿一乂

Pinyin & Meaning

1. piē (pie1)to cast away • to fling aside
2. piě (pie3)to throw • to cast • left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 撇 piē (pie1)The component ⺙ is pronounced as 'pū' (pu1). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for 撇 piě (pie3)The component ⺙ is pronounced as 'pū' (pu1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Uncommon

左撇子 
撇下 
撇去 
撇嘴 
撇清 
撇开 (撇開)

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開

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Previous (前)Next (但)
  • 94th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 457 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
開→
門开
2Radical
開→
門gate一one廾N/A
3Graphical
開→
門一廾

Pinyin & Meaning

1. kāi (kai1)to open • to start • to turn on • to boil • to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) • to operate (vehicle) • abbr. for 開爾文|开尔文 degrees Kelvin

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 開 kāi (kai1)The component 开 is pronounced as 'kāi' (kai1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

打开 (打開)
开始 (開始)
开心 (開心)
开门 (開門)
离开 (離開)

Uncommon

公开 (公開)
分开 (分開)
召开 (召開)
展开 (展開)
张开 (張開)
想开 (想開)
拆开 (拆開)
拉开 (拉開)
抛开 (拋開)
推开 (推開)
揭开 (揭開)
摊开 (攤開)
放开 (放開)
敞开 (敞開)
煮开 (煮開)
烧开 (燒開)
白开水 (白開水)
盛开 (盛開)
看开 (看開)
睁开 (睜開)
翻开 (翻開)
解开 (解開)
走开 (走開)
避开 (避開)
开动 (開動)
开口 (開口)
开启 (開啟)
开场 (開場)
开学 (開學)
开封 (開封)
开导 (開導)
开展 (開展)
开工 (開工)
开幕 (開幕)
开店 (開店)
开张 (開張)
开往 (開往)
开心果 (開心果)
开怀 (開懷)
开战 (開戰)
开放 (開放)
开会 (開會)
开朗 (開朗)
开业 (開業)
开枪 (開槍)
开机 (開機)
开水 (開水)
开火 (開火)
开灯 (開燈)
开玩笑 (開玩笑)
开发 (開發)
开发商 (開發商)
开盘 (開盤)
开眼 (開眼)
开端 (開端)
开胃 (開胃)
开台 (開臺)
开花 (開花)
开走 (開走)
开车 (開車)
开通 (開通)
开门红 (開門紅)
开间 (開間)
开阔 (開闊)
开关 (開關)
开头 (開頭)
开饭 (開飯)
松开 (鬆開)

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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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