• 1168th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 78 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yìng (ying4)hard • stiff • strong • firm • resolutely • doggedly • good (quality) • able (person)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yìng (ying4)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for yìng (ying4)The component is pronounced as '' (yi4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

僵硬 
坚硬 (堅硬)
硬件 
硬币 (硬幣)
硬盘 (硬盤)

Uncommon

嘴硬 
强硬 (強硬)
生硬 
硬化 
硬度 
硬座 
硬性 
硬撑 (硬撐)
硬是 
硬朗 
硬汉 (硬漢)
硬生生 
硬皮 
硬卧 (硬臥)
硬邦邦 
肝硬化 
变硬 (變硬)
软磨硬泡 (軟磨硬泡)
过硬 (過硬)

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  • 1934th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 47 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
丿丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qiào (qiao4)shell • carapace • crust (earth's crust etc) • also pr. [ke2]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

外壳 (外殼)
贝壳 (貝殼)

Uncommon

地壳 (地殼)
屎壳郎 (屎殼郎)
壳儿 (殼兒)
壳牌 (殼牌)
甲壳虫 (甲殼蟲)
硬壳 (硬殼)
脱壳 (脫殼)
蛋壳 (蛋殼)
躯壳 (軀殼)
龟壳 (龜殼)

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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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