• 401st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 137 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

Common

深刻 
深圳 
深夜 
深情 
深深 

Uncommon

加深 
印象深刻 
深信 
深入 
深切 
深厚 
深圳市 
深层 (深層)
深山 
深度 
深思 
深爱 (深愛)
深更半夜 
深沉 
深海 
深渊 (深淵)
深浅 (深淺)
深知 
深色 
深处 (深處)
深远 (深遠)
深邃 
资深 (資深)

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  • 1093rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 106 words
  • Component in 29 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (gu3)grain • corn
2. (Gu3)surname Gu
3. (gu3)valley

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (gu3)The component is pronounced as '' (gu3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

低谷 
峡谷 (峽谷)
曼谷 
河谷 
谷歌 (穀歌)

Uncommon

山谷 
布谷鸟 (布谷鳥)
平谷 
幽谷 
波谷 
深谷 
溪谷 
硅谷 
谷子 (穀子)
谷物 (穀物)
谷雨 (穀雨)
谷类 (穀類)
虚怀若谷 (虛懷若谷)
谷底 
辟谷 (辟穀)

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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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