• 150th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 239 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhèng (zheng4)political • politics • government

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhèng (zheng4)The component is pronounced as 'zhēng' (zheng1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhèng (zheng4)The component is pronounced as 'zhèng' (zheng4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
3. Pronunciation clue for zhèng (zheng4)The component is pronounced as 'zhǐ' (zhi3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

政府 
政治 
政策 

Uncommon

执政 (執政)
执政党 (執政黨)
家政 
市政 
市政府 
市政厅 (市政廳)
廉政 
政务 (政務)
政协 (政協)
政委 
政客 
政局 
政权 (政權)
政治家 
政治局 
政法 
政绩 (政績)
政要 
政党 (政黨)
新政 
行政 
财政 (財政)
财政部 (財政部)
邮政 (郵政)
邮政局 (郵政局)
党政 (黨政)

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  • 457th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 118 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wěi (Wei3)surname Wei
2. wēi (wei1)same as 逶 in 逶迤 winding, curved
3. wěi (wei3)to entrust • to cast aside • to shift (blame etc) • to accumulate • roundabout • winding • dejected • listless • committee member • council • end • actually • certainly

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

委屈 

Uncommon

中纪委 (中紀委)
委内瑞拉 (委內瑞拉)
委员 (委員)
委员会 (委員會)
委婉 
委曲 
委托 (委託)
居委会 (居委會)
市委 
常委 
常委会 (常委會)
政委 
村委会 (村委會)
发改委 (發改委)
省委 
立委 
纪委 (紀委)
评委 (評委)
部委 
党委 (黨委)

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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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