• 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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  • 274th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 337 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhì (zhi4)to rule • to govern • to manage • to control • to harness (a river) • cure • treatment • to heal

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhì (zhi4)The component is pronounced as '' (si1). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

政治 
治疗 (治療)
治愈 (治癒)
防治 

Uncommon

三明治 
不治 
不治之症 
人治 
同治 
乔治 (喬治)
专治 (專治)
惩治 (懲治)
政治学 (政治學)
政治家 
政治局 
救治 
整治 
明治 
根治 
没治 (沒治)
治国 (治國)
治好 
治学 (治學)
治安 
治本 
治理 
治病 
法治 
统治 (統治)
统治者 (統治者)
自治 
自治区 (自治區)
自治州 
自治县 (自治縣)
诊治 (診治)
医治 (醫治)
长治 (長治)
长治久安 (長治久安)
长治市 (長治市)
顺治 (順治)

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  • 56th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.26% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 583 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiā (Jia1)surname Jia
2. jiā (jia1)home • family • classifier for families or businesses • refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China • noun suffix for specialists in some activity such as musician or revolutionary, corresponds to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

回家 
大家 
玩家 

Uncommon

人家 
作家 
冤家 
到家 
合家 
咱家 
商家 
回老家 
国家 (國家)
墨家 
娘家 
宜家 
家人 
家伙 
家具 
家务 (家務)
家园 (家園)
家子 
家居 
家属 (家屬)
家常 
家庭 
家族 
家用 
家里 (家裡)
家乡 (家鄉)
家长 (家長)
家门 (家門)
专家 (專家)
居家 
想家 
搬家 
独家 (獨家)
皇家 
石家庄 (石家莊)
科学家 (科學家)
老人家 
老家 
自家 
艺术家 (藝術家)
评论家 (評論家)
买家 (買家)
邻家 (鄰家)
阖家 (闔家)

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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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