• 401st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 83 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shēn (shen1)close • deep • late • profound • dark (of color, water etc)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shēn (shen1)The component is pronounced as 'shēn' (shen1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for shēn (shen1)The component is pronounced as 'shuǐ' (shui3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 
深圳 
深夜 
深深 

Medium Frequency

加深 
印象深刻 
深入 
深切 
深刻 
深厚 
深圳市 
深层 (深層)
深山 
深度 
深思 
深情 
深爱 (深愛)
深沉 
深海 
深渊 (深淵)
深色 
深处 (深處)
深邃 
资深 (資深)
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  • 394th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 109 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
𠂇

Pinyin & Meaning

1. ài (ai4)to love • affection • to be fond of • to like

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for ài (ai4)The component is pronounced as '' (mi4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

可爱 (可愛)
 ()
爱情 (愛情)
亲爱 (親愛)

Medium Frequency

北爱 (北愛)
喜爱 (喜愛)
心爱 (心愛)
爱上 (愛上)
爱人 (愛人)
爱好 (愛好)
爱好者 (愛好者)
爱德华 (愛德華)
爱心 (愛心)
爱恋 (愛戀)
爱美 (愛美)
爱护 (愛護)
恋爱 (戀愛)
挚爱 (摯愛)
深爱 (深愛)
热爱 (熱愛)
疼爱 (疼愛)
相爱 (相愛)
真爱 (真愛)
谈恋爱 (談戀愛)
关爱 (關愛)
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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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