• 385th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 126 words
  • Component in 10 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wèi (wei4)not yet • did not • have not • not • 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

未来 (未來)

Uncommon

前所未有 
从未 (從未)
意犹未尽 (意猶未盡)
未免 
未尝 (未嘗)
未央 
未婚 
未婚妻 
未必 
未成年人 
未知 
未知数 (未知數)
未解 

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  • 248th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 67 words
  • Component in 16 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
𠁼丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (bi4)certainly • must • will • necessarily

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

何必 
必要 
必须 (必須)

Uncommon

务必 (務必)
必不可少 
必备 (必備)
必胜客 (必勝客)
必定 
必然 
必需 
必需品 
想必 
未必 

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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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