• 153rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 234 words
  • Component in 60 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiàn (jian4)to see • to meet • to appear (to be sth) • to interview
2. xiàn (xian4)to appear

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiàn (jian4)The component is pronounced as 'jiàn' (jian4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for jiàn (jian4)The component is pronounced as 'xiàn' (xian4). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for xiàn (xian4)The component is pronounced as 'jiàn' (jian4). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for xiàn (xian4)The component is pronounced as 'xiàn' (xian4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

再见 (再見)
梦见 (夢見)
意见 (意見)
看见 (看見)
听见 (聽見)
见到 (見到)
见面 (見面)
遇见 (遇見)

Uncommon

一见如故 (一見如故)
不见 (不見)
不见不散 (不見不散)
不见得 (不見得)
主见 (主見)
偏见 (偏見)
回见 (回見)
常见 (常見)
接见 (接見)
撞见 (撞見)
明天见 (明天見)
会见 (會見)
相见 (相見)
相见恨晚 (相見恨晚)
眼见 (眼見)
碰见 (碰見)
罕见 (罕見)
能见度 (能見度)
见效 (見效)
见义勇为 (見義勇為)
见习生 (見習生)
见闻 (見聞)
见解 (見解)
见谅 (見諒)
见证 (見證)
见识 (見識)
见鬼 (見鬼)
视而不见 (視而不見)
详见 (詳見)
远见 (遠見)
难得一见 (難得一見)
预见 (預見)

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  • 348th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 420 words
  • Component in 29 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿𠂉

Pinyin & Meaning

1. fēng (feng1)wind • news • style • custom • manner • CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for fēng (feng1)The component is pronounced as 'fill' (fill). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for fēng (feng1)The component is pronounced as 'fēng' (feng1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

微风 (微風)
顺风 (順風)
风光 (風光)
风向 (風向)
风尚 (風尚)
风情 (風情)
风景 (風景)
风暴 (風暴)
风格 (風格)
风流 (風流)
风声 (風聲)
风采 (風采)
风险 (風險)
风雨 (風雨)
风云 (風雲)

Uncommon

一帆风顺 (一帆風順)
上风 (上風)
下风 (下風)
世风 (世風)
中风 (中風)
乘风 (乘風)
作风 (作風)
伤风 (傷風)
兜风 (兜風)
出风头 (出風頭)
古风 (古風)
吹冷风 (吹冷風)
吹风机 (吹風機)
呼风唤雨 (呼風喚雨)
和风 (和風)
大风 (大風)
威风 (威風)
屏风 (屏風)
意气风发 (意氣風發)
抽风 (抽風)
捕风捉影 (捕風捉影)
采风 (採風)
接风 (接風)
放风 (放風)
文风 (文風)
旋风 (旋風)
暖风 (暖風)
暴风 (暴風)
暴风雨 (暴風雨)
暴风雪 (暴風雪)
有风 (有風)
树欲静而风不止 (樹欲靜而風不止)
民风 (民風)
海风 (海風)
清风 (清風)
狂风 (狂風)
疾风 (疾風)
痛风 (痛風)
白癜风 (白癜風)
台风 (臺風)
迎风 (迎風)
逆风 (逆風)
通风 (通風)
避风 (避風)
避风港 (避風港)
阵风 (陣風)
随风 (隨風)
电吹风 (電吹風)
电风扇 (電風扇)
顺风车 (順風車)
风干 (風乾)
风俗 (風俗)
风信子 (風信子)
风力 (風力)
风化 (風化)
风口 (風口)
风向标 (風向標)
风吹雨打 (風吹雨打)
风味 (風味)
风和日丽 (風和日麗)
风土 (風土)
风尘 (風塵)
风姿 (風姿)
风寒 (風寒)
风帆 (風帆)
风度 (風度)
风月 (風月)
风气 (風氣)
风水 (風水)
风水轮流转 (風水輪流轉)
风沙 (風沙)
风油精 (風油精)
风波 (風波)
风浪 (風浪)
风潮 (風潮)
风湿 (風濕)
风筝 (風箏)
风范 (風範)
风花雪月 (風花雪月)
风华 (風華)
风华正茂 (風華正茂)
风行 (風行)
风衣 (風衣)
风调雨顺 (風調雨順)
风貌 (風貌)
风趣 (風趣)
风车 (風車)
风速 (風速)
风雨同舟 (風雨同舟)
风雨无阻 (風雨無阻)
风霜 (風霜)
风靡 (風靡)
风韵 (風韻)
风头 (風頭)
风风火火 (風風火火)
风骚 (風騷)
风骨 (風骨)
刮风 (颳風)
飓风 (颶風)
麦克风 (麥克風)
龙卷风 (龍捲風)

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使

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  • 119th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.16% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 118 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
使
3Graphical
使

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shǐ (shi3)to make • to cause • to enable • to use • to employ • to send • to instruct sb to do sth • envoy • messenger

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 使 shǐ (shi3)The component is pronounced as '' (li4). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for 使 shǐ (shi3)The component is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
3. Pronunciation clue for 使 shǐ (shi3)The component is pronounced as 'shù' (shu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
4. Pronunciation clue for 使 shǐ (shi3)The component is pronounced as '' (yi4). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

使用 
即使 
天使 

Uncommon

使劲 (使勁)
使命 
使得 
使用者 
使者 
使馆 (使館)
促使 
大使 
好使 
纵使 (縱使)

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  • 3082nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 16 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. duò (duo4)helm • rudder

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

掌舵 

Uncommon

舵手 
见风使舵 (見風使舵)

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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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