• 225th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 260 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. biàn (bian4)to change • to become different • to transform • to vary • rebellion

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

多变 (多變)
改变 (改變)
变化 (變化)
变得 (變得)
变态 (變態)
变成 (變成)

Uncommon

一成不变 (一成不變)
事变 (事變)
善变 (善變)
大变 (大變)
应变 (應變)
会变 (會變)
演变 (演變)
病变 (病變)
突变 (突變)
蜕变 (蛻變)
变动 (變動)
变坏 (變壞)
变天 (變天)
变幻 (變幻)
变形 (變形)
变心 (變心)
变性 (變性)
变换 (變換)
变故 (變故)
变数 (變數)
变暖 (變暖)
变更 (變更)
变样 (變樣)
变为 (變為)
变异 (變異)
变相 (變相)
变硬 (變硬)
变红 (變紅)
变脸 (變臉)
变色 (變色)
变质 (變質)
变通 (變通)
变迁 (變遷)
变丑 (變醜)
变革 (變革)
变黑 (變黑)
转变 (轉變)

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  • 57th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 138 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhǒng (zhong3)seed • species • kind • type • classifier: type, kind, sort
2. zhòng (zhong4)to plant • to grow • to cultivate

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhǒng (zhong3)The component is pronounced as 'chóng' (chong2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhǒng (zhong3)The component is pronounced as 'zhòng' (zhong4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
3. Pronunciation clue for zhòng (zhong4)The component is pronounced as 'chóng' (chong2). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for zhòng (zhong4)The component is pronounced as 'zhòng' (zhong4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

各种各样 (各種各樣)
品种 (品種)
特种兵 (特種兵)
种子 (種子)
种种 (種種)

Uncommon

人种 (人種)
情种 (情種)
接种 (接種)
播种 (播種)
有种 (有種)
栽种 (栽種)
物种 (物種)
特种 (特種)
种地 (種地)
种族 (種族)
种植 (種植)
种田 (種田)
种花 (種花)
种类 (種類)
绝种 (絕種)
耕种 (耕種)
语种 (語種)
变种 (變種)
配种 (配種)
杂种 (雜種)
鱼种 (魚種)

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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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