• 161st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.13% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 452 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xīn (Xin1)abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1] or Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]
2. xīn (xin1)new • newly • meso- (chemistry)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for xīn (xin1)The component is pronounced as 'qīn' (qin1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for xīn (xin1)The component is pronounced as 'xiǎo' (xiao3). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for xīn (xin1)The component is pronounced as 'jīn' (jin1). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

新年 
新浪 
更新 

Uncommon

全新 
刷新 
创新 (創新)
崭新 (嶄新)
新人 
新加坡 
新型 
新娘 
新婚 
新手 
新春 
新款 
新欢 (新歡)
新浪网 (新浪網)
新版 
新生 
新疆 
新禧 
新闻 (新聞)
新华 (新華)
新华网 (新華網)
新西兰 (新西蘭)
新郎 
新陈代谢 (新陳代謝)
新鲜 (新鮮)
最新 
清新 
蜡笔小新 (蠟筆小新)
迎新 
重新 

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  • 1586th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 93 words
  • Component in 237 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical
𠂉

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhú (zhu2)bamboo • CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhú (zhu2)The component is pronounced as 'zhú' (zhu2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

爆竹 

Uncommon

势如破竹 (勢如破竹)
山竹 
放爆竹 
新竹 
竹子 
竹林 
竹笋 (竹筍)
竹筒 
胸有成竹 
腐竹 

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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.