• 1021st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 84 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (si1)personal • private • selfish

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (si1)The component is pronounced as '' (si1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

私人 
自私 
隐私 (隱私)

Uncommon

公私 
无私 (無私)
私下 
私事 
私募 
私吞 
私奔 
私家 
私家车 (私家車)
私密 
私心 
私情 
私房 
私欲 
私自 
私藏 
私处 (私處)
私语 (私語)
缉私 (緝私)
自私自利 
走私 

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  • 1283rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 36 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bēn (ben1)to hurry • to rush • to run quickly • to elope
2. bèn (ben4)to go to • to head for • towards

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

奔放 
奔波 

Uncommon

奔赴 
奔跑 
奔驰 (奔馳)
奔腾 (奔騰)
私奔 
飞奔 (飛奔)

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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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