• 958th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 168 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shèng (sheng4)holy • sacred • saint • sage

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

神圣 (神聖)
圣诞 (聖誕)
圣诞节 (聖誕節)

Uncommon

大圣 (大聖)
朝圣 (朝聖)
朝圣者 (朝聖者)
圣人 (聖人)
圣代 (聖代)
圣保罗 (聖保羅)
圣地 (聖地)
圣地亚哥 (聖地亞哥)
圣彼得堡 (聖彼得堡)
圣徒 (聖徒)
圣心 (聖心)
圣手 (聖手)
圣旨 (聖旨)
圣杯 (聖杯)
圣歌 (聖歌)
圣殿 (聖殿)
圣母 (聖母)
圣洁 (聖潔)
圣经 (聖經)
圣者 (聖者)
圣诞树 (聖誕樹)
圣贤 (聖賢)
圣雄 (聖雄)
圣灵 (聖靈)
万圣节 (萬聖節)

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  • 1394th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 42 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bēi (bei1)cup • classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for bēi (bei1)The component is pronounced as '' (bu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for bēi (bei1)The component is pronounced as '' (bu3). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for bēi (bei1)The component is pronounced as 'bo' (bo5). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

杯子 

Uncommon

世界杯 
干杯 (乾杯)
玻璃杯 
纸杯 (紙杯)
举杯 (舉杯)
茶杯 
贪杯 (貪杯)
酒杯 
马克杯 (馬克杯)

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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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