1. 起
  2. 勁

起

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  • 75th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.22% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 247 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
起→
走己
2Radical
起→
走run己oneself
3Graphical
起→
一丨一龰匚乚

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qǐ (qi3)to rise • to raise • to get up • to set out • to start • to appear • to launch • to initiate (action) • to draft • to establish • to get (from a depot or counter) • verb suffix, to start • (before place or time) starting from • classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance • classifier for groups: batch, group

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 起 qǐ (qi3)The component 己 is pronounced as 'jǐ' (ji3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

一起 
在一起 
发起 (發起)
起来 (起來)
起床 

Uncommon

了不起 
升起 
对不起 (對不起)
引起 
想起 
拿起 
提起 
早起 
比起 
说起 (說起)
起伏 
起码 (起碼)
起身 
起飞 (起飛)
起点 (起點)

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勁

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  • 1356th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 64 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
勁→
巠力
2Radical
勁→
一one巛river工work力power/force
3Graphical
勁→
一巛一丨一㇆丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jìn (jin4)strength • energy • enthusiasm • spirit • mood • expression • interest • CL:把[ba3]
2. jìng (jing4)stalwart • sturdy • strong • powerful

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 勁 jìn (jin4)The component 巠 is pronounced as 'jīng' (jing1). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for 勁 jìng (jing4)The component 巠 is pronounced as 'jīng' (jing1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

使劲 (使勁)
劲儿 (勁兒)
差劲 (差勁)
强劲 (強勁)
没劲 (沒勁)
费劲 (費勁)

Uncommon

一个劲 (一個勁)
不对劲 (不對勁)
不得劲 (不得勁)
劲敌 (勁敵)
劲头 (勁頭)
对劲 (對勁)
带劲 (帶勁)
干劲 (幹勁)
冲劲 (衝勁)
起劲 (起勁)
较劲 (較勁)

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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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