• 537th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 286 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xīng (xing1)star • satellite • small amount

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

三星 
明星 
星座 
星星 
星期 

Uncommon

五星 
五星级 (五星級)
克星 (剋星)
寿星 (壽星)
外星人 
女星 
巨星 
新星 
星光 
星巴克 
星期一 
星期三 
星期二 
星期五 
星期六 
星期四 
星期天 
星期几 (星期幾)
星期日 
星球 
星空 
星级 (星級)
星辰 
星际 (星際)
木星 
歌星 
流星 
流星雨 
火星 
球星 
男星 
福星 
红星 (紅星)
繁星 
卫星 (衛星)
金星 
零星 

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  • 796th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 235 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dǎo (dao3)island • CL:個|个[ge4],座[zuo4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dǎo (dao3)The component is pronounced as 'diǎn' (dian3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

冰岛 (冰島)
列岛 (列島)
半岛 (半島)
孤岛 (孤島)
岛屿 (島嶼)
巴厘岛 (巴厘島)
海岛 (海島)
环岛 (環島)
秦皇岛 (秦皇島)
群岛 (群島)
钓鱼岛 (釣魚島)
青岛 (青島)
青岛市 (青島市)

Uncommon

仙岛 (仙島)
北岛 (北島)
千岛湖 (千島湖)
南岛 (南島)
南沙群岛 (南沙群島)
南澳岛 (南澳島)
吉之岛 (吉之島)
岛国 (島國)
崇明岛 (崇明島)
巴里岛 (巴里島)
广岛 (廣島)
星岛 (星島)
本岛 (本島)
海南岛 (海南島)
港岛 (港島)
湄洲岛 (湄洲島)
济州岛 (濟州島)
爪哇岛 (爪哇島)
福岛 (福島)
秦皇岛市 (秦皇島市)
绿岛 (綠島)
胰岛素 (胰島素)
台湾岛 (臺灣島)
荒岛 (荒島)
葫芦岛 (葫蘆島)
苏门答腊岛 (蘇門答臘島)
蜈支洲岛 (蜈支洲島)
西沙群岛 (西沙群島)
西西里岛 (西西里島)
金门岛 (金門島)
长岛 (長島)
关岛 (關島)
离岛 (離島)
马达加斯加岛 (馬達加斯加島)
黄岛 (黃島)

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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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