• 480th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 78 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (li4)to experience • to undergo • to pass through • all • each • every • history

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (li4)The component is pronounced as '' (li4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (li4)The component is pronounced as 'zhǐ' (zhi3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

历史 (歷史)
经历 (經歷)

Uncommon

亚历山大 (亞歷山大)
来历 (來歷)
学历 (學歷)
历史性 (歷史性)
历年 (歷年)
历时 (歷時)
历尽 (歷盡)
历程 (歷程)
历经 (歷經)
简历 (簡歷)
阅历 (閱歷)
阳历 (陽歷)

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  • 45th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.31% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 305 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. nián (Nian2)surname Nian
2. nián (nian2)year • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

今年 
拜年 
新年 
过年 (過年)
龙年 (龍年)

Uncommon

中年 
来年 (來年)
兔年 
去年 
少年 
年代 
年初 
年夜 
年夜饭 (年夜飯)
年少 
年年 
年底 
年度 
年会 (年會)
年糕 
年纪 (年紀)
年级 (年級)
年终 (年終)
年华 (年華)
年货 (年貨)
年轻 (年輕)
年轻人 (年輕人)
年关 (年關)
年头 (年頭)
年龄 (年齡)
往年 
早年 
明年 
更年期 
流年 
当年 (當年)
童年 
丰年 (豐年)
周年 (週年)
青年 

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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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