• 316th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 198 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. biān (bian1)side • edge • margin • border • boundary • CL:個|个[ge4] • simultaneously
2. bian (bian5)suffix of a noun of locality

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

一边 (一邊)
周边 (周邊)
旁边 (旁邊)
身边 (身邊)

Uncommon

右边 (右邊)
外边 (外邊)
天边 (天邊)
左边 (左邊)
床边 (床邊)
后边 (後邊)
东边 (東邊)
江边 (江邊)
河边 (河邊)
海边 (海邊)
湖边 (湖邊)
无边 (無邊)
花边 (花邊)
里边 (裡邊)
西边 (西邊)
路边 (路邊)
这边 (這邊)
边儿 (邊兒)
边境 (邊境)
边度 (邊度)
边界 (邊界)
边缘 (邊緣)
边际 (邊際)
那边 (那邊)
靠边 (靠邊)

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  • 423rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 146 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ji4)border • edge • boundary • interval • between • inter- • to meet • time • occasion • to meet with (circumstances)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ji4)The component is pronounced as 'shì' (shi4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

之际 (之際)
人际 (人際)
国际 (國際)
实际 (實際)
实际上 (實際上)

Uncommon

一望无际 (一望無際)
不切实际 (不切實際)
交际 (交際)
国际化 (國際化)
天际 (天際)
星际 (星際)
洲际 (洲際)
无边无际 (無邊無際)
边际 (邊際)
际会 (際會)
际遇 (際遇)

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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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