• 139th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.15% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 18 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zuì (zui4)most • the most • -est (superlative suffix)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

最好 
最后 (最後)
最新 
最终 (最終)
最近 
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  • 374th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 52 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jìn (jin4)near • close to • approximately

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jìn (jin4)The component is pronounced as 'jīn' (jin1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

最近 
 

Medium Frequency

将近 (將近)
接近 
临近 (臨近)
亲近 (親近)
近来 (近來)
近年 
近日 
近期 
近视 (近視)
附近 
靠近 
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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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