1. 梅
  2. 氏

梅

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  • 1157th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 71 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
梅→
木每
2Radical
梅→
木tree丿bend一one母do not
3Graphical
梅→
一丨八丿一㇗㇆⺀一

Pinyin & Meaning

1. méi (Mei2)surname Mei
2. méi (mei2)plum • plum flower • Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
3. méi (mei2)variant of 梅[mei2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 梅 méi (mei2)The component 每 is pronounced as 'měi' (mei3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for 梅 méi (mei2)The component 木 is pronounced as 'mù' (mu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for 梅 méi (mei2)The component 母 is pronounced as 'mǔ' (mu3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

梅州 
梅花 
腊梅 (臘梅)

Uncommon

卡梅伦 (卡梅倫)
望梅止渴 
梅子 
梅林 
梅毒 
梅县 (梅縣)
梅花鹿 
梅兰芳 (梅蘭芳)
梅雨 
杨梅 (楊梅)
话梅 (話梅)
踏雪寻梅 (踏雪尋梅)
酸梅 
金瓶梅 
黄梅戏 (黃梅戲)

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氏

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  • 1498th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 96 words
  • Component in 33 characters

Decomposition

1Once
氏→
No glyph availableNo glyph available
2Radical
氏→
氏clan
3Graphical
氏→
㇒㇗㇂一

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shì (shi4)clan name • maiden name
2. zhī (zhi1)see 月氏[Yue4 zhi1] and 閼氏|阏氏[yan1 zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 氏 shì (shi4)The component 氏 is pronounced as 'shì' (shi4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for 氏 shì (shi4)The component 氏 is pronounced as 'zhī' (zhi1). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for 氏 zhī (zhi1)The component 氏 is pronounced as 'shì' (shi4). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for 氏 zhī (zhi1)The component 氏 is pronounced as 'zhī' (zhi1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Appears In

氏 also appears in:
底低婚旅纸抵氏昏邸衹砥祗舐氐诋芪胝骶祇阍柢鸱羝坻菧袛紙觝鴟睧緍閽軧

Example Words

Common

姓氏 
摄氏 (攝氏)
摄氏度 (攝氏度)

Uncommon

人氏 
元氏 
吕氏春秋 (呂氏春秋)
巴氏 
旁氏 
李氏 
梅氏 
段氏 
氏族 
沙门氏菌 (沙門氏菌)
无名氏 (無名氏)
卢氏 (盧氏)
罗氏 (羅氏)
华氏 (華氏)
里氏 
庞氏 (龐氏)

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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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