• 438th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 83 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shì (shi4)to look at • to regard • to inspect

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as 'shì' (shi4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

央视 (央視)
卫视 (衛視)
视频 (視頻)
鄙视 (鄙視)
电视 (電視)
电视剧 (電視劇)

Medium Frequency

俯视 (俯視)
凝视 (凝視)
审视 (審視)
对视 (對視)
影视 (影視)
忽视 (忽視)
收视率 (收視率)
正视 (正視)
歧视 (歧視)
注视 (注視)
漠视 (漠視)
无视 (無視)
监视 (監視)
直视 (直視)
窥视 (窺視)
蔑视 (蔑視)
藐视 (藐視)
 ()
视力 (視力)
视察 (視察)
视为 (視為)
视线 (視線)
视而不见 (視而不見)
视觉 (視覺)
视角 (視角)
视野 (視野)
轻视 (輕視)
近视 (近視)
透视 (透視)
重视 (重視)
电视机 (電視機)
电视台 (電視臺)
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  • 564th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 46 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chá (cha2)to examine • to inquire • to observe • to inspect • to look into • obvious • clearly evident

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

观察 (觀察)
警察 

Medium Frequency

侦察 (偵察)
 
察觉 (察覺)
检察 (檢察)
检察官 (檢察官)
检察院 (檢察院)
洞察 
洞察力 
监察 (監察)
考察 
视察 (視察)
觉察 (覺察)
警察局 
体察 (體察)
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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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