• 597th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 69 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (xi4)thin or slender • finely particulate • thin and soft • fine • delicate • trifling • (of a sound) quiet • frugal

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (xi4)The component is pronounced as '' (si1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

High Frequency

仔细 (仔細)
 ()
细节 (細節)
细胞 (細胞)
细腻 (細膩)
详细 (詳細)

Medium Frequency

心细 (心細)
明细 (明細)
粗细 (粗細)
精打细算 (精打細算)
精细 (精細)
细分 (細分)
细嚼慢咽 (細嚼慢咽)
细嫩 (細嫩)
细密 (細密)
细微 (細微)
细心 (細心)
细数 (細數)
细水长流 (細水長流)
细致 (細緻)
细菌 (細菌)
细语 (細語)
细长 (細長)
细雨 (細雨)
纤细 (纖細)
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  • 652nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 67 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
丿丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wēi (Wei1)surname Wei • ancient Chinese state near present day Chongqing • Taiwan pr. [wei2]
2. wēi (wei1)tiny • miniature • profound • abtruse • to decline • one millionth part of • micro- • Taiwan pr. [wei2]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

卑微 
微博 
微博客 
微笑 
微薄 
微风 (微風)
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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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