• 311th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 149 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lèi (lei4)kind • type • class • category • similar • like • to resemble

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

之类 (之類)
人类 (人類)
类似 (類似)
类型 (類型)

Uncommon

不伦不类 (不倫不類)
出类拔萃 (出類拔萃)
分类 (分類)
另类 (另類)
品类 (品類)
败类 (敗類)
归类 (歸類)
物以类聚 (物以類聚)
禽类 (禽類)
种类 (種類)
谷类 (穀類)
糖类 (糖類)
肉类 (肉類)
菌类 (菌類)
诸如此类 (諸如此類)
豆类 (豆類)
贝类 (貝類)
类别 (類別)
类推 (類推)
类比 (類比)
鱼类 (魚類)
鸟类 (鳥類)

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  • 222nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 150 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bié (Bie2)surname Bie
2. bié (bie2)to leave • to depart • to separate • to distinguish • to classify • other • another • do not • must not • to pin
3. biè (bie4)to make sb change their ways, opinions etc

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

别人 (別人)
特别 (特別)

Uncommon

个别 (個別)
分别 (分別)
别墅 (別墅)
别有 (別有)
别的 (別的)
别致 (別緻)
别处 (別處)
别离 (別離)
区别 (區別)
告别 (告別)
差别 (差別)
别扭 (彆扭)
性别 (性別)
惜别 (惜別)
有别 (有別)
级别 (級別)
识别 (識別)
道别 (道別)
离别 (離別)

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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.