• 404th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 191 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhì (zhi4)character • nature • quality • plain • to pawn • pledge • hostage • to question • Taiwan pr. [zhi2]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

优质 (優質)
品质 (品質)
本质 (本質)
气质 (氣質)
物质 (物質)
素质 (素質)
蛋白质 (蛋白質)
质疑 (質疑)
质量 (質量)

Uncommon

人质 (人質)
保质期 (保質期)
劣质 (劣質)
地质 (地質)
实质 (實質)
实质性 (實質性)
性质 (性質)
木质 (木質)
材质 (材質)
水质 (水質)
潜质 (潛質)
特质 (特質)
皮质 (皮質)
矿物质 (礦物質)
神经质 (神經質)
肉质 (肉質)
角质 (角質)
变质 (變質)
资质 (資質)
质问 (質問)
质地 (質地)
质感 (質感)
质朴 (質樸)
质检 (質檢)
质变 (質變)
钙质 (鈣質)
杂质 (雜質)
音质 (音質)
体质 (體質)

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  • 241st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 271 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. liáng (liang2)to measure
2. liàng (liang4)capacity • quantity • amount • to estimate • abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar) • measure word

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for liáng (liang2)The component is pronounced as '' (li3). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for liàng (liang4)The component is pronounced as '' (li3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

尽量 (儘量)
力量 
大量 
数量 (數量)
流量 
海量 
能量 
质量 (質量)
适量 (適量)
销量 (銷量)

Uncommon

份量 
分量 
含量 
商量 
定量 
容量 
少量 
工作量 
思量 
打量 
掂量 
测量 (測量)
无量 (無量)
热量 (熱量)
产量 (產量)
矢量 
总量 (總量)
胆量 (膽量)
衡量 
计量 (計量)
较量 (較量)
过量 (過量)
酒量 
重量 
电量 (電量)
音量 
食量 

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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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