• 148th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 469 words
  • Component in 38 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wén (Wen2)surname Wen
2. wén (wen2)language • culture • writing • formal • literary • gentle • (old) classifier for coins • Kangxi radical 118

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for wén (wen2)The component is pronounced as 'wén' (wen2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

中文 
博文 
原文 
文化 
文字 
文章 
文艺 (文藝)
英文 

Uncommon

一文不值 
三文鱼 (三文魚)
人文 
作文 
全文 
天文 
天文馆 (天文館)
散文 
文人 
文件 
文具 
文学 (文學)
文凭 (文憑)
文摘 
文昌 
文明 
文本 
文档 (文檔)
文物 
文献 (文獻)
文盲 
文科 
文笔 (文筆)
文言文 
文采 
文静 (文靜)
文革 
斯文 
日文 
本文 
蔡英文 
语文 (語文)
课文 (課文)
论文 (論文)
达尔文 (達爾文)
铭文 (銘文)
韩文 (韓文)

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  • 178th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.12% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 586 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huā (hua1)variant of 花
2. huà (hua4)to make into • to change into • -ization • to ... -ize • to transform • abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

化妆 (化妝)
化妆品 (化妝品)
化学 (化學)
化解 
化身 
孵化 
强化 (強化)
文化 
消化 
美化 
变化 (變化)

Uncommon

一体化 (一體化)
中石化 
二氧化硅 
二氧化碳 
信息化 
个性化 (個性化)
催化剂 (催化劑)
僵化 
优化 (優化)
光天化日 
全球化 
出神入化 
分化 
化作 
化合物 
化州 
化工 
化为乌有 (化為烏有)
化痰 
化疗 (化療)
化石 
化纤 (化纖)
化肥 
化脓 (化膿)
化验 (化驗)
千变万化 (千變萬化)
同化 
商业化 (商業化)
国际化 (國際化)
城市化 
多元化 
多样化 (多樣化)
奉化 
女性化 
工业化 (工業化)
市场化 (市場化)
幻化 
从化 (從化)
情绪化 (情緒化)
恶化 (惡化)
感化 
怀化 (懷化)
戏剧化 (戲劇化)
抗氧化剂 (抗氧化劑)
数字化 (數字化)
格式化 
标准化 (標準化)
机械化 (機械化)
氧化 
消化不良 
消化道 
液化 
淡化 
净化 (淨化)
深化 
溶化 
演化 
汉化 (漢化)
潜移默化 (潛移默化)
火化 
炼化 (煉化)
现代化 (現代化)
理想化 
生化 
石化 
硬化 
社会化 (社會化)
简化 (簡化)
简单化 (簡單化)
绿化 (綠化)
老化 
老龄化 (老齡化)
肝硬化 
腐化 
自动化 (自動化)
融化 
复杂化 (複雜化)
软化 (軟化)
转化 (轉化)
退化 
造化 
进化 (進化)
进化论 (進化論)
量化 
风化 (風化)

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  • 980th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 87 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gōng (Gong1)surname Gong
2. gōng (gong1)palace • temple • castration (as corporal punishment) • first note in pentatonic scale

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

大闹天宫 (大鬧天宮)
天宫 (天宮)
子宫 (子宮)
宫廷 (宮廷)
后宫 (後宮)
故宫 (故宮)
皇宫 (皇宮)

Uncommon

南宫 (南宮)
宫女 (宮女)
宫崎骏 (宮崎駿)
宫殿 (宮殿)
宫缩 (宮縮)
宫颈 (宮頸)
布达拉宫 (布達拉宮)
文化宫 (文化宮)
月宫 (月宮)
王宫 (王宮)
白宫 (白宮)
卢浮宫 (盧浮宮)
行宫 (行宮)
迷宫 (迷宮)
进宫 (進宮)
雍和宫 (雍和宮)
龙宫 (龍宮)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.