• 2500th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 19 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shù (shu4)to erect • vertical • vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

横竖 (橫豎)
竖起 (豎起)

Uncommon

横七竖八 (橫七豎八)
竖琴 (豎琴)
竖直 (豎直)
竖立 (豎立)

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  • 1699th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 67 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qín (qin2)guqin or zither, cf 古琴 • musical instrument in general

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for qín (qin2)The component is pronounced as 'jīn' (jin1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

小提琴 
弹琴 (彈琴)
钢琴 (鋼琴)

Uncommon

口琴 
古琴 
大提琴 
爱琴海 (愛琴海)
手风琴 (手風琴)
提琴 
抚琴 (撫琴)
琴弦 
琴棋书画 (琴棋書畫)
琴瑟 
琴键 (琴鍵)
胡琴 
竖琴 (豎琴)
钢琴家 (鋼琴家)
钢琴师 (鋼琴師)
电子琴 (電子琴)
风琴 (風琴)

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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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