• 560th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 78 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jǐn (jin3)tight • strict • close at hand • near • urgent • tense • hard up • short of money • to tighten

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

紧张 (緊張)
赶紧 (趕緊)

Uncommon

抓紧 (抓緊)
收紧 (收緊)
紧密 (緊密)
紧急 (緊急)
紧握 (緊握)
紧凑 (緊湊)
紧紧 (緊緊)
紧绷 (緊繃)
紧要 (緊要)
紧跟 (緊跟)
紧迫 (緊迫)
要紧 (要緊)

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  • 1657th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 44 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lín (lin2)neighbor • adjacent • close to

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for lín (lin2)The component is pronounced as 'líng' (ling2). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for lín (lin2)The component is pronounced as 'lǐng' (ling3). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for lín (lin2)The component is pronounced as 'lìng' (ling4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

邻家 (鄰家)
邻居 (鄰居)

Uncommon

比邻 (比鄰)
毗邻 (毗鄰)
相邻 (相鄰)
睦邻 (睦鄰)
紧邻 (緊鄰)
邻座 (鄰座)
邻近 (鄰近)
邻里 (鄰里)

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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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