• 183rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.11% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 51 words
  • Component in 13 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ci4)next in sequence • second • the second (day, time etc) • secondary • vice- • sub- • infra- • inferior quality • substandard • order • sequence • hypo- (chemistry) • classifier for enumerated events: time

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

人次 
再次 
次数 (次數)
次方 
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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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