• 1699th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 67 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qín (qin2)guqin or zither, cf 古琴 • musical instrument in general

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for qín (qin2)The component is pronounced as 'jīn' (jin1). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

小提琴 
弹琴 (彈琴)
钢琴 (鋼琴)

Uncommon

口琴 
古琴 
大提琴 
爱琴海 (愛琴海)
手风琴 (手風琴)
提琴 
抚琴 (撫琴)
琴弦 
琴棋书画 (琴棋書畫)
琴瑟 
琴键 (琴鍵)
胡琴 
竖琴 (豎琴)
钢琴家 (鋼琴家)
钢琴师 (鋼琴師)
电子琴 (電子琴)
风琴 (風琴)

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  • 2085th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 30 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (qi2)chess • CL:盤|盘[pan2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (qi2)The component is pronounced as '' (qi2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (qi2)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

象棋 

Uncommon

下棋 
五子棋 
围棋 (圍棋)
棋子 
棋盘 (棋盤)
琴棋书画 (琴棋書畫)
举棋不定 (舉棋不定)
跳棋 

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  • 282nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 314 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

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

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shū (Shu1)abbr. for 書經|书经[shu1 jing1]
2. shū (shu1)book • letter • document • CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4] • to write

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shū (shu1)The component is pronounced as 'zhǔ' (zhu3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for shū (shu1)The component is pronounced as 'shù' (shu4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

图书馆 (圖書館)
情书 (情書)
书包 (書包)
书写 (書寫)
书店 (書店)
书记 (書記)
看书 (看書)
秘书 (秘書)
读书 (讀書)

Uncommon

上书 (上書)
出书 (出書)
副书记 (副書記)
丛书 (叢書)
史书 (史書)
图书 (圖書)
天书 (天書)
念书 (念書)
教书 (教書)
教科书 (教科書)
文书 (文書)
书信 (書信)
书名 (書名)
书呆子 (書呆子)
书房 (書房)
书本 (書本)
书架 (書架)
书桌 (書桌)
书柜 (書櫃)
书法 (書法)
书法家 (書法家)
书画 (書畫)
书签 (書簽)
书籍 (書籍)
书评 (書評)
书院 (書院)
书面 (書面)
书页 (書頁)
书香 (書香)
琴棋书画 (琴棋書畫)
毕业证书 (畢業證書)
疾书 (疾書)
白皮书 (白皮書)
百科全书 (百科全書)
秘书长 (秘書長)
经书 (經書)
总书记 (總書記)
背书 (背書)
旧书 (舊書)
说明书 (說明書)
证书 (證書)
读书人 (讀書人)
读书会 (讀書會)
遗书 (遺書)
闲书 (閒書)
电子书 (電子書)

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  • 881st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 105 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huà (hua4)to draw • picture • painting • CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

动画 (動畫)
漫画 (漫畫)
画报 (畫報)
画面 (畫面)
绘画 (繪畫)

Uncommon

作画 (作畫)
刻画 (刻畫)
动画片 (動畫片)
国画 (國畫)
图画 (圖畫)
壁画 (壁畫)
如画 (如畫)
指手画脚 (指手畫腳)
插画 (插畫)
书画 (書畫)
沙画 (沙畫)
油画 (油畫)
漫画家 (漫畫家)
画像 (畫像)
画册 (畫冊)
画卷 (畫卷)
画图 (畫圖)
画室 (畫室)
画家 (畫家)
画展 (畫展)
画廊 (畫廊)
画皮 (畫皮)
画笔 (畫筆)
笔画 (筆畫)
诗情画意 (詩情畫意)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.