• 5188th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 2 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiān (jian1)(grass) • Themeda forsbali

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiān (jian1)The component is pronounced as 'mián' (mian2). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

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  • 255th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 163 words
  • Component in 8 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhí (Zhi2)surname Zhi • Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
2. zhí (zhi2)straight • to straighten • fair and reasonable • frank • straightforward • (indicates continuing motion or action) • vertical • vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhí (zhi2)The component is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhí (zhi2)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin final.
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also appears in:

Example Words

Common

一直 
直接 
直播 

Uncommon

正直 
直线 (直線)
直视 (直視)
直觉 (直覺)
直达 (直達)
简直 (簡直)

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  • 7th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.97% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 1365 words
  • Component in 942 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. rén (ren2)man • person • people • CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for rén (ren2)The component is pronounced as 'rén' (ren2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:
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Example Words

Common

中国人 (中國人)
人人 
人们 (人們)
人品 
人家 
人民 
人气 (人氣)
人生 
人类 (人類)
个人 (個人)
别人 (別人)
女人 
家人 
恋人 (戀人)
男人 
美人 
达人 (達人)

Uncommon

一鸣惊人 (一鳴驚人)
不求人 
不为人知 (不為人知)
世人 
丢人 (丟人)
主人 
主人公 
主持人 
乱世佳人 (亂世佳人)
人世 
人事 
人儿 (人兒)
人力 
人参 (人參)
人口 
人命 
人员 (人員)
人均 
人士 
人大 
人妖 
人山人海 
人工 
人心 
人性 
人情 
人意 
人手 
人才 
人数 (人數)
人文 
人格 
人权 (人權)
人次 
人民币 (人民幣)
人民网 (人民網)
人流 
人海 
人潮 
人为 (人為)
人物 
人缘 (人緣)
人群 
人脉 (人脈)
人身 
人造 
人选 (人選)
人间 (人間)
人际 (人際)
人头 (人頭)
人马 (人馬)
人体 (人體)
人鱼 (人魚)
他人 
仙人 
仙人掌 
代言人 
佳人 
候选人 (候選人)
伟人 (偉人)
做人 
传人 (傳人)
凡人 
凯尔特人 (凱爾特人)
出人意料 
创始人 (創始人)
动人 (動人)
北京人 
友人 
古人 
同龄人 (同齡人)
名人 
咄咄逼人 
商人 
单人 (單人)
国人 (國人)
坏人 (壞人)
外人 
外国人 (外國人)
外星人 
大人 
夫人 
妇人 (婦人)
嫁人 
嫌疑人 
客人 
害人 
富人 
工人 
巨人 
常人 
年轻人 (年輕人)
庸人 
待人 
后人 (後人)
怪人 
情人 
情人节 (情人節)
惹人 
意大利人 
爱人 (愛人)
感人 
懒人 (懶人)
成人 
成年人 
才子佳人 
招人 
故人 
敌人 (敵人)
文人 
新人 
旁人 
日本人 
有情人 
有钱人 (有錢人)
本人 
某人 
乐于助人 (樂於助人)
机器人 (機器人)
死人 
残疾人 (殘疾人)
杀人 (殺人)
法国人 (法國人)
浪人 
港人 
无人 (無人)
烦人 (煩人)
熟人 
犯人 
猎人 (獵人)
当事人 (當事人)
病人 
发言人 (發言人)
盲人 
众人 (眾人)
神人 
私人 
穷人 (窮人)
纳税人 (納稅人)
线人 (線人)
骂人 (罵人)
美人计 (美人計)
美国人 (美國人)
老人 
老人家 
老年人 
圣人 (聖人)
自己人 
自欺欺人 
英国人 (英國人)
华人 (華人)
艺人 (藝人)
行人 
亲人 (親人)
诗人 (詩人)
诱人 (誘人)
负责人 (負責人)
贵人 (貴人)
贱人 (賤人)
走人 
超人 
路人 
军人 (軍人)
迷人 
送人 
过人 (過人)
陌生人 
雪人 
雷人 
韩国人 (韓國人)
领导人 (領導人)
香港人 
骗人 (騙人)
惊人 (驚人)
高人 
黑人 

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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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