• 2275th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 19 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shā (sha1)to terminate • to cut short • to squeeze • to tighten • to reduce • extremely
2. shà (sha4)fiend • baleful • to bring to a stop • very

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

煞笔 (煞筆)

Uncommon

恶煞 (惡煞)
折煞 
煞是 
煞有介事 
煞气 (煞氣)
煞白 
煞风景 (煞風景)

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  • 8th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.92% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 544 words
  • Component in 12 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
𠂇

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yǒu (you3)to have • there is • there are • to exist • to be

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yǒu (you3)The component is pronounced as 'yuè' (yue4). It has the same pinyin initial.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

只有 
所有 
拥有 (擁有)
有些 
有点 (有點)
没有 (沒有)

Uncommon

一无所有 (一無所有)
三生有幸 
事业有成 (事業有成)
占有 (佔有)
具有 
前所未有 
含有 
唯有 
富有 
带有 (帶有)
有别 (有別)
有利 
有力 
有助 
有助于 (有助於)
有史以来 (有史以來)
有名 
有害 
有幸 
有待 
有心 
有情人 
有意 
有意思 
有所 
有效 
有时 (有時)
有时候 (有時候)
有望 
有机 (有機)
有用 
有的 
有的时候 (有的時候)
有益 
有空 
有缘 (有緣)
有色 
有趣 
有钱 (有錢)
有钱人 (有錢人)
有关 (有關)
有限 
有点儿 (有點兒)
特有 
稀有 
还有 (還有)

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  • 829th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 56 words
  • Component in 9 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
humanNo glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiè (jie4)to introduce • to lie between • between

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

介意 
介绍 (介紹)
简介 (簡介)

Uncommon

中介 
介入 
介于 (介於)
媒介 
推介 
蒋介石 (蔣介石)

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  • 58th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.26% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 469 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shì (shi4)matter • thing • item • work • affair • CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as 'shù' (shu4). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

事实 (事實)
事情 
事业 (事業)
同事 
故事 
万事如意 (萬事如意)

Uncommon

世事 
事事 
事件 
事先 
事儿 (事兒)
事务 (事務)
事后 (事後)
事故 
事业有成 (事業有成)
事物 
事变 (事變)
事项 (事項)
人事 
做事 
共事 
凡事 
出事 
刑事 
启事 (啟事)
喜事 
回事 
执事 (執事)
坏事 (壞事)
好事 
实事 (實事)
小事 
屁事 
往事 
从事 (從事)
心事 
怎么回事 (怎麼回事)
懂事 
找事 
本事 
乐事 (樂事)
正事 
没事 (沒事)
没事儿 (沒事兒)
无所事事 (無所事事)
烦心事 (煩心事)
琐事 (瑣事)
当事人 (當事人)
百事可乐 (百事可樂)
糗事 
若无其事 (若無其事)
万事 (萬事)
万事大吉 (萬事大吉)
董事 
董事长 (董事長)
处事 (處事)
行事 
记事 (記事)
诸事 (諸事)
赛事 (賽事)
趣事 
军事 (軍事)
办事 (辦事)
闲事 (閑事)

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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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