• 204th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 156 words
  • Component in 15 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhēn (zhen1)really • truly • indeed • real • true • genuine

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

真实 (真實)
真心 
真正 
认真 (認真)

Uncommon

天真 
写真 (寫真)
成真 
果真 
当真 (當真)
真切 
真情 
真爱 (真愛)
真挚 (真摯)
真棒 
真理 
真皮 
真相 
真真 
真诚 (真誠)
真谛 (真諦)
童真 
纯真 (純真)
逼真 

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  • 123rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.16% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 204 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhī (zhi1)to know • to be aware

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhī (zhi1)The component is pronounced as 'shǐ' (shi3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

知道 

Uncommon

不为人知 (不為人知)
不知不觉 (不知不覺)
不知所措 
告知 
得知 
明知 
未知 
无知 (無知)
知名 
知己 
知心 
知情 
知识 (知識)
知足 
通知 

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  • 2861st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 13 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhuó (zhuo2)luminous • burning • to burn • to cauterize

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhuó (zhuo2)The component is pronounced as 'huǒ' (huo3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhuó (zhuo2)The component is pronounced as 'zhǔ' (zhu3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

焦灼 

Uncommon

灼热 (灼熱)
灼痛 
烧灼 (燒灼)
真知灼见 (真知灼見)

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  • 153rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 234 words
  • Component in 60 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiàn (jian4)to see • to meet • to appear (to be sth) • to interview
2. xiàn (xian4)to appear

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiàn (jian4)The component is pronounced as 'jiàn' (jian4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for jiàn (jian4)The component is pronounced as 'xiàn' (xian4). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for xiàn (xian4)The component is pronounced as 'jiàn' (jian4). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for xiàn (xian4)The component is pronounced as 'xiàn' (xian4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

再见 (再見)
梦见 (夢見)
意见 (意見)
看见 (看見)
听见 (聽見)
见到 (見到)
见面 (見面)
遇见 (遇見)

Uncommon

一见如故 (一見如故)
不见 (不見)
不见不散 (不見不散)
不见得 (不見得)
主见 (主見)
偏见 (偏見)
回见 (回見)
常见 (常見)
接见 (接見)
撞见 (撞見)
明天见 (明天見)
会见 (會見)
相见 (相見)
相见恨晚 (相見恨晚)
眼见 (眼見)
碰见 (碰見)
罕见 (罕見)
能见度 (能見度)
见效 (見效)
见义勇为 (見義勇為)
见习生 (見習生)
见闻 (見聞)
见解 (見解)
见谅 (見諒)
见证 (見證)
见识 (見識)
见鬼 (見鬼)
视而不见 (視而不見)
详见 (詳見)
远见 (遠見)
难得一见 (難得一見)
预见 (預見)

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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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