• 1978th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 33 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chái (Chai2)surname Chai
2. chái (chai2)firewood • lean (of meat) • thin (of a person)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

火柴 

Uncommon

劈柴 
柴可夫斯基 
柴油 
柴火 
柴米油盐 (柴米油鹽)
骨瘦如柴 

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  • 575th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 204 words
  • Component in 158 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Mi3)surname Mi
2. (mi3)rice • CL:粒[li4] • meter (classifier)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (mi3)The component is pronounced as '' (mu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for (mi3)The component is pronounced as '' (mi3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

厘米 
小米 
平米 
玉米 
米粉 
米兰 (米蘭)
米饭 (米飯)
糯米 
虾米 (蝦米)

Uncommon

多米诺 (多米諾)
大米 
平方米 
提拉米苏 (提拉米蘇)
柴米油盐 (柴米油鹽)
毫米 
海米 
爆米花 
生米 
白米 
立方米 
米国 (米國)
米粒 
米粥 
米线 (米線)
米老鼠 
粟米 
糙米 
糯米粉 
纳米 (納米)
美索不达米亚 (美索不達米亞)
花生米 
薏米 
西米 
鱼米之乡 (魚米之鄉)

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  • 946th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 220 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yóu (you2)oil • fat • grease • petroleum • to apply tung oil, paint or varnish • oily • greasy • glib • cunning

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yóu (you2)The component is pronounced as 'yóu' (you2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

加油 

Uncommon

加油站 
原油 
奶油 
指甲油 
柴米油盐 (柴米油鹽)
植物油 
橄榄油 (橄欖油)
机油 (機油)
汽油 
油价 (油價)
油光 
油条 (油條)
油漆 
油炸 
油田 
油画 (油畫)
油脂 
油腻 (油膩)
油菜 
油锅 (油鍋)
油门 (油門)
油饼 (油餅)
牛油 
甘油 
石油 
色拉油 
蚝油 (蠔油)
猪油 (豬油)
酱油 (醬油)
香油 
麻油 
黄油 (黃油)

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  • 1882nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 82 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yán (yan2)salt • CL:粒[li4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

亚硝酸盐 (亞硝酸鹽)
柴米油盐 (柴米油鹽)
无机盐 (無機鹽)
食盐 (食鹽)
盐城 (鹽城)
盐水 (鹽水)

Uncommon

浴盐 (浴鹽)
海盐 (海鹽)
海盐县 (海鹽縣)
硝酸盐 (硝酸鹽)
粗盐 (粗鹽)
钾盐 (鉀鹽)
盐度 (鹽度)
盐津 (鹽津)
盐湖 (鹽湖)
盐湖城 (鹽湖城)
盐源 (鹽源)
盐田 (鹽田)
盐田区 (鹽田區)
盐酸 (鹽酸)

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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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