• 537th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 128 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

High Frequency

三星 
明星 
 
星座 
星期 

Medium Frequency

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 
星星 
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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  • 2312th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 18 words
  • Component in 25 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chén (chen2)5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for chén (chen2)The component is pronounced as 'chǎng' (chang3). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for chén (chen2)The component is pronounced as 'chén' (chen2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

壬辰 
星辰 

Medium Frequency

北辰 
时辰 (時辰)
生辰 
诞辰 (誕辰)
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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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