• 2145th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 33 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhī (zhi1)Zoysia pungens

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhī (zhi1)The component is pronounced as 'zhī' (zhi1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhī (zhi1)The component is pronounced as 'zhǔ' (zhu3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

芝麻 

Uncommon

张柏芝 (張柏芝)
芝加哥 
芝士 
芝麻官 
灵芝 (靈芝)
黑芝麻 

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  • 1106th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 141 words
  • Component in 22 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Ma2)surname Ma
2. (ma2)generic name for hemp, flax etc • hemp or flax fiber for textile materials • sesame • CL:縷|缕[lu:3] • (of materials) rough or coarse • pocked • pitted • to have pins and needles or tingling • to feel numb

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ma2)The component is pronounced as '' (ma2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

麻将 (麻將)
麻烦 (麻煩)

Uncommon

亚麻 (亞麻)
密密麻麻 
发麻 (發麻)
肉麻 
芝麻 
芝麻官 
麻木 
麻油 
麻痹 (麻痺)
麻花 
麻袋 
麻辣 
麻辣烫 (麻辣燙)
麻醉 
麻雀 
黑芝麻 

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  • 432nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 181 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. guān (Guan1)surname Guan
2. guān (guan1)official • government • organ of body • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

官员 (官員)
官方 

Uncommon

五官 
做官 
判官 
升官 
器官 
官僚 
官兵 
官司 
官场 (官場)
官府 
官渡 
客官 
性器官 
感官 
收官 
教官 
检察官 (檢察官)
法官 
清官 
看官 
考官 
芝麻官 
警官 
贪官 (貪官)
军官 (軍官)
长官 (長官)
高官 

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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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