• 614th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 140 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chuán (chuan2)boat • vessel • ship • CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

船票 

Uncommon

划船 
帆船 
晕船 (暈船)
沉船 
渔船 (漁船)
船员 (船員)
船舶 
船长 (船長)
船只 (船隻)
轮船 (輪船)
开船 (開船)
飞船 (飛船)

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  • 97th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 13 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhī (zhi1)classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhī (zhi1)The component is pronounced as 'zhuī' (zhui1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

船只 (船隻)
只身 (隻身)

Uncommon

大只 (大隻)
形单影只 (形單影隻)

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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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