• 851st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 116 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (za2)mixed • miscellaneous • various • to mix

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

复杂 (複雜)
杂志 (雜誌)

Uncommon

参杂 (參雜)
嘈杂 (嘈雜)
夹杂 (夾雜)
打杂 (打雜)
掺杂 (摻雜)
混杂 (混雜)
疑难杂症 (疑難雜症)
繁杂 (繁雜)
复杂化 (複雜化)
错综复杂 (錯綜複雜)
杂七杂八 (雜七雜八)
杂乱 (雜亂)
杂乱无章 (雜亂無章)
杂交 (雜交)
杂念 (雜念)
杂技 (雜技)
杂文 (雜文)
杂烩 (雜燴)
杂物 (雜物)
杂碎 (雜碎)
杂种 (雜種)
杂粮 (雜糧)
杂耍 (雜耍)
杂草 (雜草)
杂志社 (雜誌社)
杂谈 (雜談)
杂货 (雜貨)
杂货店 (雜貨店)
杂质 (雜質)
杂音 (雜音)

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  • 57th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.26% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 138 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhǒng (zhong3)seed • species • kind • type • classifier: type, kind, sort
2. zhòng (zhong4)to plant • to grow • to cultivate

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhǒng (zhong3)The component is pronounced as 'zhōng' (zhong1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhǒng (zhong3)The component is pronounced as 'zhòng' (zhong4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
3. Pronunciation clue for zhòng (zhong4)The component is pronounced as 'zhōng' (zhong1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
4. Pronunciation clue for zhòng (zhong4)The component is pronounced as 'zhòng' (zhong4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

各种各样 (各種各樣)
品种 (品種)
特种兵 (特種兵)
种子 (種子)
种种 (種種)

Uncommon

人种 (人種)
情种 (情種)
接种 (接種)
播种 (播種)
有种 (有種)
栽种 (栽種)
物种 (物種)
特种 (特種)
种地 (種地)
种族 (種族)
种植 (種植)
种田 (種田)
种花 (種花)
种类 (種類)
绝种 (絕種)
耕种 (耕種)
语种 (語種)
变种 (變種)
配种 (配種)
杂种 (雜種)
鱼种 (魚種)

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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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