• 1179th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 26 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. fēn (fen1)numerous • confused • disorderly

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for fēn (fen1)The component is pronounced as 'fēn' (fen1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for fēn (fen1)The component is pronounced as 'fèn' (fen4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

缤纷 (繽紛)

Uncommon

五彩缤纷 (五彩繽紛)
纠纷 (糾紛)
纷呈 (紛呈)
纷扰 (紛擾)
纷争 (紛爭)
纷纷 (紛紛)
纷繁 (紛繁)
纷飞 (紛飛)

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  • 267th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 74 words
  • Component in 29 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhì (zhi4)to arrive • most • to • until

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhì (zhi4)The component is pronounced as 'zhì' (zhi4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

甚至 
至少 

Uncommon

不至于 (不至於)
乃至 
以至于 (以至於)
截至 
无微不至 (無微不至)
至上 
至今 
至于 (至於)
至极 (至極)

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  • 3797th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 5 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Ta4)surname Ta
2. (da2)classifier for sheets of papers etc: pile, pad • Taiwan pr. [ta4]
3. (ta4)again and again • many

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Uncommon

拖沓 
纷至沓来 (紛至沓來)

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  • 15th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.56% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 308 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lái (lai2)to come • to arrive • to come round • ever since • next

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

下来 (下來)
来自 (來自)
来说 (來說)
出来 (出來)
原来 (原來)
回来 (回來)
带来 (帶來)
从来 (從來)
拿来 (拿來)
未来 (未來)
本来 (本來)
看来 (看來)
起来 (起來)
越来越 (越來越)
过来 (過來)
醒来 (醒來)

Uncommon

上来 (上來)
以来 (以來)
来到 (來到)
来回 (來回)
来年 (來年)
来源 (來源)
来生 (來生)
来临 (來臨)
来电 (來電)
传来 (傳來)
到来 (到來)
到头来 (到頭來)
前来 (前來)
向来 (向來)
如来 (如來)
将来 (將來)
后来 (後來)
想来 (想來)
打来 (打來)
接下来 (接下來)
用来 (用來)
翻来覆去 (翻來覆去)
进来 (進來)

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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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