• 396th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 358 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. liú (liu2)to flow • to disseminate • to circulate or spread • to move or drift • to degenerate • to banish or send into exile • stream of water or sth resembling one • class, rate or grade

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for liú (liu2)The component is pronounced as 'liú' (liu2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

交流 
流星 
流星雨 
流氓 
流浪 
流泪 (流淚)
流行 
流量 
泪流满面 (淚流滿面)
潮流 
风流 (風流)

Uncommon

一流 
上流 
下流 
主流 
人流 
倒流 
回流 
寒流 
横流 (橫流)
水流 
河流 
流干 (流乾)
流传 (流傳)
流入 
流出 
流利 
流动 (流動)
流动性 (流動性)
流失 
流年 
流感 
流畅 (流暢)
流水 
流汗 
流浪汉 (流浪漢)
流淌 
流产 (流產)
流程 
流落 
流苏 (流蘇)
流血 
流言 
流言蜚语 (流言蜚語)
流转 (流轉)
流通 
流逝 
流连 (流連)
流离 (流離)
流露 
流鼻涕 
漂流 
物流 
痛哭流涕 
直流 
禽流感 
细水长流 (細水長流)
血流 
车流 (車流)
轮流 (輪流)
逆流 
随波逐流 (隨波逐流)
双流 (雙流)
电流 (電流)
头破血流 (頭破血流)

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  • 430th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 343 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiàn (xian4)thread • string • wire • line • CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

上线 (上線)
光线 (光線)
在线 (在線)
底线 (底線)
曲线 (曲線)
毛线 (毛線)
火线 (火線)
无线 (無線)
热线 (熱線)
直线 (直線)
眼线 (眼線)
米线 (米線)
紫外线 (紫外線)
线人 (線人)
线条 (線條)
线索 (線索)
线路 (線路)
视线 (視線)
路线 (路線)

Uncommon

下线 (下線)
中线 (中線)
主线 (主線)
事业线 (事業線)
五线谱 (五線譜)
占线 (佔線)
全线 (全線)
出线 (出線)
分界线 (分界線)
前线 (前線)
单行线 (單行線)
地平线 (地平線)
天线 (天線)
射线 (射線)
专线 (專線)
对角线 (對角線)
导火线 (導火線)
平行线 (平行線)
干线 (幹線)
延长线 (延長線)
引线 (引線)
弧线 (弧線)
战线 (戰線)
拆线 (拆線)
抛物线 (拋物線)
掉线 (掉線)
接线 (接線)
接线员 (接線員)
斑马线 (斑馬線)
斜线 (斜線)
断线 (斷線)
有线 (有線)
棉线 (棉線)
沿线 (沿線)
流线型 (流線型)
海岸线 (海岸線)
无线电 (無線電)
牙线 (牙線)
牵线 (牽線)
环线 (環線)
生命线 (生命線)
生产线 (生產線)
界线 (界線)
眼线液 (眼線液)
短线 (短線)
穿针引线 (穿針引線)
红外线 (紅外線)
红线 (紅線)
绒线 (絨線)
丝线 (絲線)
线上 (線上)
线下 (線下)
线图 (線圖)
线性 (線性)
线缆 (線纜)
缝线 (縫線)
航线 (航線)
起跑线 (起跑線)
路线图 (路線圖)
连线 (連線)
针线 (針線)
针线活 (針線活)
长线 (長線)
防线 (防線)
阵线 (陣線)
集线器 (集線器)
离线 (離線)
电源线 (電源線)
电线 (電線)
电线杆 (電線杆)
电话线 (電話線)
高压线 (高壓線)

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  • 556th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 126 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xíng (xing2)model • type (e.g. blood type)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for xíng (xing2)The component is pronounced as 'xíng' (xing2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

造型 
类型 (類型)
发型 (髮型)

Uncommon

典型 
原型 
句型 
型号 (型號)
大型 
定型 
小型 
巨型 
微型 
成型 
新型 
有型 
模型 
脸型 (臉型)
血型 
转型 (轉型)
体型 (體型)
发型师 (髮型師)

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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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