• 151st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 301 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.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

完美 
精美 
美人 
美国 (美國)
美女 
美好 
美食 
美丽 (美麗)

Uncommon

优美 (優美)
北美 
十全十美 
唯美 
审美 (審美)
爱美 (愛美)
凄美 (淒美)
甜美 
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 
美军 (美軍)
美金 
臭美 
赞美 (讚美)
鲜美 (鮮美)

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  • 449th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 103 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chèn (chen4)to fit • balanced • suitable
2. chēng (cheng1)to weigh • to state • to name • name • appellation • to praise
3. chèng (cheng4)variant of 秤[cheng4] • steelyard

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for chèn (chen4)The component is pronounced as 'chèn' (chen4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for chèn (chen4)The component is pronounced as 'chēng' (cheng1). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for chēng (cheng1)The component is pronounced as 'chèn' (chen4). It has the same pinyin initial.
4. Pronunciation clue for chēng (cheng1)The component is pronounced as 'chēng' (cheng1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
5. Pronunciation clue for chèng (cheng4)The component is pronounced as 'chèn' (chen4). It has the same pinyin initial.
6. Pronunciation clue for chèng (cheng4)The component is pronounced as 'chēng' (cheng1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

俗称 (俗稱)
名称 (名稱)
堪称 (堪稱)
昵称 (暱稱)
称呼 (稱呼)
称为 (稱為)
称号 (稱號)
称赞 (稱讚)
称霸 (稱霸)
简称 (簡稱)
自称 (自稱)
号称 (號稱)

Uncommon

并称 (並稱)
全称 (全稱)
匀称 (勻稱)
宣称 (宣稱)
尊称 (尊稱)
对称 (對稱)
对称轴 (對稱軸)
据称 (據稱)
相称 (相稱)
称作 (稱作)
称心 (稱心)
称心如意 (稱心如意)
称职 (稱職)
称谓 (稱謂)
称道 (稱道)
称重 (稱重)
统称 (統稱)
美称 (美稱)
声称 (聲稱)
职称 (職稱)
著称 (著稱)
谎称 (謊稱)

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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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