• 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.
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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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  • 713th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 57 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Ce4)surname Ce
2. (ce4)policy • plan • scheme • bamboo slip for writing (old) • to whip (a horse) • to encourage • riding crop with sharp spines (old) • essay written for the imperial examinations (old) • upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ce4)The component is pronounced as '' (ci4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

政策 
策划 (策劃)

Uncommon

出谋划策 (出謀劃策)
失策 
对策 (對策)
束手无策 (束手無策)
决策 (決策)
献策 (獻策)
策略 
计策 (計策)
鞭策 

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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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