• 151st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 151 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. měi (Mei3)the Americas • abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1] • USA • abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2]
2. měi (mei3)beautiful • very satisfactory • good • to be pleased with oneself

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

完美 
 
美人 
美国 (美國)
美女 
美好 
美丽 (美麗)

Medium Frequency

优美 (優美)
十全十美 
唯美 
审美 (審美)
爱美 (愛美)
甜美 
精美 
美人计 (美人計)
美元 
美化 
美味 
美国人 (美國人)
美妙 
美容 
美德 
美感 
美景 
美满 (美滿)
美白 
美眉 
美瞳 
美术 (美術)
美貌 
美金 
美食 
臭美 
赞美 (讚美)
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  • 102nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.19% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 130 words
  • Component in 14 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jūn (jun1)army • military • arms • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jūn (jun1)The component is pronounced as '' (ju1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

亚军 (亞軍)
冠军 (冠軍)
千军万马 (千軍萬馬)
季军 (季軍)
将军 (將軍)
军事 (軍事)
军团 (軍團)

Medium Frequency

三军 (三軍)
全军覆没 (全軍覆沒)
冠军赛 (冠軍賽)
参军 (參軍)
大军 (大軍)
从军 (從軍)
敌军 (敵軍)
新四军 (新四軍)
日军 (日軍)
水军 (水軍)
海军 (海軍)
督军 (督軍)
空军 (空軍)
红军 (紅軍)
美军 (美軍)
解放军 (解放軍)
贺军翔 (賀軍翔)
 ()
军人 (軍人)
军令如山 (軍令如山)
军刀 (軍刀)
军区 (軍區)
军官 (軍官)
军情 (軍情)
军方 (軍方)
军旅 (軍旅)
军校 (軍校)
军演 (軍演)
军火 (軍火)
军营 (軍營)
军用 (軍用)
军舰 (軍艦)
军装 (軍裝)
军训 (軍訓)
军车 (軍車)
军医 (軍醫)
军阀 (軍閥)
军队 (軍隊)
进军 (進軍)
远征军 (遠征軍)
陆军 (陸軍)
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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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