• 1354th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 63 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiōng (xiong1)chest • bosom • heart • mind • thorax

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for xiōng (xiong1)The component is pronounced as 'xiōng' (xiong1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

心胸 
胸口 
胸怀 (胸懷)
胸部 

Uncommon

低胸 
胸围 (胸圍)
胸闷 (胸悶)
胸罩 
胸肌 
胸脯 
胸腔 
胸膛 
胸襟 
胸针 (胸針)
隆胸 

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  • 1114th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 88 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhēn (zhen1)needle • pin • injection • stitch • CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

打针 (打針)
针对 (針對)
针织 (針織)

Uncommon

一针见血 (一針見血)
分针 (分針)
别针 (別針)
大海捞针 (大海撈針)
扎针 (扎針)
指南针 (指南針)
指针 (指針)
方针 (方針)
时针 (時針)
秒针 (秒針)
穿针引线 (穿針引線)
缝针 (縫針)
胸针 (胸針)
见缝插针 (見縫插針)
逆时针 (逆時針)
金针 (金針)
金针菇 (金針菇)
针刺 (針刺)
针对性 (針對性)
针灸 (針灸)
针线 (針線)
针线活 (針線活)
针锋相对 (針鋒相對)
顺时针 (順時針)
预防针 (預防針)

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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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