• 201st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 233 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiè (Xie4)surname Xie
2. jiě (jie3)to divide • to break up • to split • to separate • to dissolve • to solve • to melt • to remove • to untie • to loosen • to open • to emancipate • to explain • to understand • to know • a solution • a dissection
3. jiè (jie4)to transport under guard
4. xiè (xie4)acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) • variant of 懈[xie4] and 邂[xie4] (old)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiě (jie3)The component is pronounced as 'jué' (jue2). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for jiě (jie3)The component is pronounced as 'jiǎo' (jiao3). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for jiè (jie4)The component is pronounced as 'jué' (jue2). It has the same pinyin initial.
4. Pronunciation clue for jiè (jie4)The component is pronounced as 'jiǎo' (jiao3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

了解 
理解 
解决 (解決)
解释 (解釋)

Uncommon

不解 
分解 
化解 
和解 
善解人意 
求解 
溶解 
瓦解 
破解 
缓解 (緩解)
见解 (見解)
解冻 (解凍)
解剖 
解压 (解壓)
解密 
解放 
解放军 (解放軍)
解救 
解散 
解析 
解毒 
解码 (解碼)
解禁 
解答 
解脱 (解脫)
解药 (解藥)
解说 (解說)
解说员 (解說員)
解读 (解讀)
解酒 
解锁 (解鎖)
解开 (解開)
解除 
详解 (詳解)
误解 (誤解)
调解 (調解)
谅解 (諒解)
讲解 (講解)
费解 (費解)
辩解 (辯解)

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  • 24th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 210 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shuì (shui4)to canvass • to persuade • see 遊說|游说[you2 shui4], to canvass and 說客|说客[shui4 ke4], persuasive speaker
2. shuō (shuo1)to speak • to say • to explain • to scold • to tell off • a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shuì (shui4)The component is pronounced as 'duì' (dui4). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

来说 (來說)
传说 (傳說)
小说 (小說)
据说 (據說)
说出 (說出)
说好 (說好)
说明 (說明)
说话 (說話)

Uncommon

再说 (再說)
演说 (演說)
无话可说 (無話可說)
总的来说 (總的來說)
听说 (聽說)
胡说 (胡說)
解说 (解說)
诉说 (訴說)
话说 (話說)
说不定 (說不定)
说唱 (說唱)
说教 (說教)
说明书 (說明書)
说服 (說服)
说法 (說法)
说亲 (說親)
说说 (說說)
说谎 (說謊)
说起 (說起)
说道 (說道)
谈天说地 (談天說地)
述说 (述說)

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  • 200th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 276 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yuán (yuan2)person • employee • member

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

人员 (人員)
公务员 (公務員)
动员 (動員)
员工 (員工)
委员 (委員)
官员 (官員)
成员 (成員)
会员 (會員)
服务员 (服務員)
演员 (演員)
球员 (球員)

Uncommon

乘务员 (乘務員)
全员 (全員)
列车员 (列車員)
售票员 (售票員)
售货员 (售貨員)
团员 (團員)
委员会 (委員會)
学员 (學員)
守门员 (守門員)
专员 (專員)
店员 (店員)
成员国 (成員國)
指导员 (指導員)
推销员 (推銷員)
文员 (文員)
消防员 (消防員)
满员 (滿員)
营业员 (營業員)
特派员 (特派員)
研究员 (研究員)
程序员 (程序員)
管理员 (管理員)
总动员 (總動員)
职员 (職員)
船员 (船員)
裁员 (裁員)
要员 (要員)
解说员 (解說員)
议员 (議員)
辅导员 (輔導員)
通讯员 (通訊員)
运动员 (運動員)
邮递员 (郵遞員)
队员 (隊員)
雇员 (雇員)
飞行员 (飛行員)
驾驶员 (駕駛員)
党员 (黨員)

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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.