• 437th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 49 words
  • Component in 21 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhī (Zhi1)surname Zhi
2. zhī (zhi1)to support • to sustain • to erect • to raise • branch • division • to draw money • classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhī (zhi1)The component is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhī (zhi1)The component is pronounced as 'zhī' (zhi1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

支持 

Medium Frequency

 
支付 
支援 
支撑 (支撐)
透支 
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  • 418th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 78 words
  • Component in 12 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (li2)mythical beast (archaic)
2. (Li2)surname Li
3. (li2)to leave • to part from • to be away from • (in giving distances) from • without (sth) • independent of • one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire • ☲

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (li2)The component is pronounced as '' (yi4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

 
距离 (距離)
远离 (遠離)
离开 (離開)

Medium Frequency

偏离 (偏離)
分离 (分離)
别离 (別離)
形影不离 (形影不離)
悲欢离合 (悲歡離合)
支离破碎 (支離破碎)
脱离 (脫離)
迷离 (迷離)
逃离 (逃離)
隔离 (隔離)
离别 (離別)
离去 (離去)
离合 (離合)
离奇 (離奇)
离婚 (離婚)
离家出走 (離家出走)
离线 (離線)
离职 (離職)
离谱 (離譜)
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  • 604th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 88 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (po4)broken • damaged • worn out • to break, split or cleave • to get rid of • to destroy • to break with • to defeat • to capture (a city etc) • to expose the truth of

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (po4)The component is pronounced as '' (pi2). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 
破坏 (破壞)
突破 

Medium Frequency

划破 
打破 
拿破仑 (拿破侖)
支离破碎 (支離破碎)
爆破 
看破 
破例 
破口大骂 (破口大罵)
破天荒 
破戒 
破晓 (破曉)
破案 
破洞 
破灭 (破滅)
破烂 (破爛)
破产 (破產)
破相 
破碎 
破绽 (破綻)
破旧 (破舊)
破裂 
破解 
破财 (破財)
破费 (破費)
破釜沉舟 
破门 (破門)
冲破 (衝破)
识破 (識破)
头破血流 (頭破血流)
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  • 1418th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 36 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. suì (sui4)to break down • to break into pieces • fragmentary

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

切碎 
心碎 
打碎 
支离破碎 (支離破碎)
琐碎 (瑣碎)
破碎 
碎片 
粉碎 
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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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