• 371st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 124 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yīng (Ying1)United Kingdom • British • England • English • abbr. for 英國|英国[Ying1 guo2]
2. yīng (ying1)brave

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yīng (ying1)The component is pronounced as 'yāng' (yang1). It has the same pinyin initial.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

英语 (英語)
英雄 

Uncommon

精英 
英俊 
英勇 
英国 (英國)
英国人 (英國人)
英寸 
英文 
英明 
英超 
英镑 (英鎊)
蒲公英 
蔡英文 
马英九 (馬英九)

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  • 1472nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 53 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chě (che3)one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]
2. chǐ (chi3)a Chinese foot • one-third of a meter • a ruler • a tape-measure • one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine • CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for chǐ (chi3)The component is pronounced as 'shī' (shi1). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

咫尺 
尺寸 

Uncommon

公尺 
尺子 
尺度 
尺码 (尺碼)
英尺 

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.