• 629th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 179 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (pu3)general • popular • everywhere • universal

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

普通 

Uncommon

吉普 
惠普 
普世 
普京 
普及 
普吉 
普天同庆 (普天同慶)
普宁 (普寧)
普宁市 (普寧市)
普希金 
普普通通 
普查 
普洱 
普洱茶 
普照 
普罗旺斯 (普羅旺斯)
普通人 
普通话 (普通話)
普遍 
普陀 
普陀区 (普陀區)
普陀山 
标普 (標普)
科普 

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  • 896th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 121 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Lu3)surname Lu • Shandong Province 山東省|山东省[Shan1 dong1 Sheng3] • vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066-221 BC) in modern day Shangdong Province
2. (lu3)crass • stupid • rude

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (lu3)The component is pronounced as '' (yu2). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

乌鲁木齐 (烏魯木齊)
秘鲁 (秘魯)
粗鲁 (粗魯)
耶鲁 (耶魯)
鲁莽 (魯莽)
鲁迅 (魯迅)

Uncommon

吐鲁番 (吐魯番)
因斯布鲁克 (因斯布魯克)
安德鲁 (安德魯)
布鲁克 (布魯克)
布鲁克林 (布魯克林)
布鲁塞尔 (布魯塞爾)
布鲁斯 (布魯斯)
布鲁日 (布魯日)
斯巴鲁 (斯巴魯)
普鲁士 (普魯士)
格鲁吉亚 (格魯吉亞)
火奴鲁鲁 (火奴魯魯)
乌鲁木齐市 (烏魯木齊市)
贝鲁特 (貝魯特)
赫鲁晓夫 (赫魯曉夫)
开鲁 (開魯)
阿鲁巴 (阿魯巴)
雅鲁藏布江 (雅魯藏布江)
鲁国 (魯國)
鲁国人 (魯國人)
鲁山县 (魯山縣)
鲁班 (魯班)
鲁肃 (魯肅)
鲁菜 (魯菜)
齐鲁 (齊魯)

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  • 372nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 238 words
  • Component in 137 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shì (Shi4)surname Shi
2. shì (shi4)member of the senior ministerial class (old) • scholar (old) • bachelor • honorific • first class military rank • specialist worker

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as 'shì' (shi4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

人士 
博士 
士兵 
女士 
战士 (戰士)
瑞士 
男士 
的士 
绅士 (紳士)
护士 (護士)

Uncommon

侠士 (俠士)
力士 
勇士 
博士后 (博士後)
哈士奇 
士气 (士氣)
壮士 (壯士)
大力士 
威士忌 
富士 
富士山 
富士康 
巴士 
巴士站 
招贤纳士 (招賢納士)
武士 
波士顿 (波士頓)
烈士 
爵士 
硕士 (碩士)
芝士 
莎士比亚 (莎士比亞)
卫士 (衛士)
贴士 (貼士)
迪士尼 
道士 
院士 
隐士 (隱士)
雅士 
骑士 (騎士)
斗士 (鬥士)
斗牛士 (鬥牛士)

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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.