• 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

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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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  • 670th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 106 words
  • Component in 61 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shí (shi2)to eat • food • animal feed • eclipse
2. (si4)to feed

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shí (shi2)The component is pronounced as '' (ji2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for shí (shi2)The component is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
3. Pronunciation clue for shí (shi2)The component is pronounced as '' (si4). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for (si4)The component is pronounced as '' (ji2). It has the same pinyin final.
5. Pronunciation clue for (si4)The component is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pinyin final.
6. Pronunciation clue for (si4)The component is pronounced as '' (si4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

美食 
零食 
 
食品 
食物 

Medium Frequency

主食 
伙食 
挑食 
甜食 
节食 (節食)
粮食 (糧食)
素食 
肉食 
膳食 
觅食 (覓食)
丰衣足食 (豐衣足食)
进食 (進食)
食堂 
食欲 (食慾)
食指 
食用 
食疗 (食療)
食谱 (食譜)
食量 
食盐 (食鹽)
饭食 (飯食)
饮食 (飲食)
面食 (麵食)
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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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