• 260th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 534 words
  • Component in 492 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jīn (Jin1)surname Jin • surname Kim (Korean) • Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
2. jīn (jin1)gold • chemical element Au • generic term for lustrous and ductile metals • money • golden • highly respected • one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jīn (jin1)The component is pronounced as 'jīn' (jin1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

基金 
现金 (現金)
资金 (資金)
金刚 (金剛)
金字塔 
金币 (金幣)
金枝玉叶 (金枝玉葉)
金牛 
金牛座 
金融 
金钱 (金錢)
金陵 
黄金 (黃金)

Uncommon

公积金 (公積金)
千金 
合金 
吸金 
基金会 (基金會)
小金 
押金 
淘金 
潘金莲 (潘金蓮)
奖学金 (獎學金)
奖金 (獎金)
瑞金 
白金 
眼冒金星 
租金 
纸醉金迷 (紙醉金迷)
紫金 
美金 
旧金山 (舊金山)
足金 
重金 
重金属 (重金屬)
金子 
金属 (金屬)
金山 
金库 (金庫)
金庸 
金星 
金榜 
金枪鱼 (金槍魚)
金橘 
金正恩 
金正日 
金沙 
金沙江 
金灿灿 (金燦燦)
金牌 
金奖 (金獎)
金球奖 (金球獎)
金砖 (金磚)
金矿 (金礦)
金童玉女 
金色 
金华 (金華)
金华市 (金華市)
金针 (金針)
金针菇 (金針菇)
金银 (金銀)
金钱豹 (金錢豹)
金门 (金門)
金鸡 (金雞)
金额 (金額)
金发 (金髮)
金鱼 (金魚)
金黄 (金黃)
金黄色 (金黃色)
霍金 
养老金 (養老金)
郁金香 (鬱金香)
黄金周 (黃金周)

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  • 1489th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 46 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhī (zhi1)branch • classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhī (zhi1)The component is pronounced as 'zhī' (zhi1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

荔枝 
金枝玉叶 (金枝玉葉)

Uncommon

折枝 
枝叶 (枝葉)
树枝 (樹枝)
花枝 

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  • 999th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 151 words
  • Component in 203 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (yu4)jade

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (yu4)The component is pronounced as 'zhǔ' (zhu3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (yu4)The component is pronounced as '' (yu4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

林黛玉 
玉米 
金枝玉叶 (金枝玉葉)

Uncommon

如花似玉 
宝玉 (寶玉)
张曼玉 (張曼玉)
怜香惜玉 (憐香惜玉)
玉兔 
玉器 
玉山 
玉帝 
玉手 
玉林 
玉树 (玉樹)
玉溪 
玉环 (玉環)
玉皇 
玉皇大帝 
玉石 
玉石俱焚 
玉兰 (玉蘭)
玉龙雪山 (玉龍雪山)
白玉 
碧玉 
美玉 
金玉 
金玉满堂 (金玉滿堂)
金童玉女 

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  • 918th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 140 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xié (xie2)to be in harmony
2. (Ye4)surname Ye
3. (ye4)leaf • page • lobe • (historical) period

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

茶叶 (茶葉)
落叶 (落葉)
叶子 (葉子)
金枝玉叶 (金枝玉葉)

Uncommon

三叶草 (三葉草)
中叶 (中葉)
千叶 (千葉)
朱丽叶 (朱麗葉)
枝叶 (枝葉)
枯叶 (枯葉)
枫叶 (楓葉)
树叶 (樹葉)
百叶窗 (百葉窗)
秋叶 (秋葉)
秋叶原 (秋葉原)
粗枝大叶 (粗枝大葉)
红叶 (紅葉)
绿叶 (綠葉)
茶叶蛋 (茶葉蛋)
落叶归根 (落葉歸根)
叶问 (葉問)
叶片 (葉片)
叶酸 (葉酸)
香叶 (香葉)

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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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