• 1428th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 31 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. fǎn (fan3)to return (to)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for fǎn (fan3)The component is pronounced as 'fǎn' (fan3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

返回 
返程 
返乡 (返鄉)

Uncommon

一去不复返 (一去不復返)
往返 
流连忘返 (流連忘返)
返利 
返家 
返老还童 (返老還童)
返还 (返還)
重返 

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  • 3897th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 3 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (pu2)unpolished gem

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (pu2)The component is pronounced as '' (pu2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

返璞归真 (返璞歸真)

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  • 931st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 101 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
No glyph availablepig snout
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. guī (Gui1)surname Gui
2. guī (gui1)to return • to go back to • to give back to • (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by • to belong to • to gather together • (used between two identical verbs) despite • to marry (of a woman) (old) • division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

回归 (回歸)
归宿 (歸宿)
归途 (歸途)
海归 (海歸)

Uncommon

九九归一 (九九歸一)
早出晚归 (早出晚歸)
归入 (歸入)
归国 (歸國)
归属 (歸屬)
归属感 (歸屬感)
归心 (歸心)
归心似箭 (歸心似箭)
归于 (歸於)
归根到底 (歸根到底)
归案 (歸案)
归程 (歸程)
归纳 (歸納)
归结 (歸結)
归还 (歸還)
归队 (歸隊)
归隐 (歸隱)
归类 (歸類)
殊途同归 (殊途同歸)
满载而归 (滿載而歸)
无家可归 (無家可歸)
当归 (當歸)
总归 (總歸)
落叶归根 (落葉歸根)
返璞归真 (返璞歸真)

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  • 204th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 156 words
  • Component in 15 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhēn (zhen1)really • truly • indeed • real • true • genuine

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

真实 (真實)
真心 
真正 
认真 (認真)

Uncommon

天真 
写真 (寫真)
成真 
果真 
当真 (當真)
真切 
真情 
真爱 (真愛)
真挚 (真摯)
真棒 
真理 
真皮 
真相 
真真 
真诚 (真誠)
真谛 (真諦)
童真 
纯真 (純真)
逼真 

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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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