• 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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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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  • 2160th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 19 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (bi4)green jade • bluish green • blue • jade

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (bi4)The component is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (bi4)The component is pronounced as 'bái' (bai2). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

雪碧 

Uncommon

碧欧泉 (碧歐泉)
碧玉 
碧绿 (碧綠)
碧蓝 (碧藍)
金碧辉煌 (金碧輝煌)

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  • 1621st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 27 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huī (hui1)splendor • to shine upon

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

辉煌 (輝煌)

Uncommon

光辉 (光輝)
李登辉 (李登輝)
余辉 (餘輝)

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  • 2271st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 8 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huáng (huang2)brilliant

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for huáng (huang2)The component is pronounced as 'huǒ' (Huo3). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for huáng (huang2)The component is pronounced as 'huǒ' (huo3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

辉煌 (輝煌)

Uncommon

敦煌 

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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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