• 2057th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 10 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. míng (ming2)to engrave • inscribed motto

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for míng (ming2)The component is pronounced as 'míng' (ming2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

铭刻 (銘刻)

Medium Frequency

刻骨铭心 (刻骨銘心)
铭文 (銘文)
铭记 (銘記)
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  • 618th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 44 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ke4)quarter (hour) • moment • to carve • to engrave • to cut • oppressive • classifier for short time intervals

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 
时刻 (時刻)
此刻 
铭刻 (銘刻)

Medium Frequency

刻意 
刻骨 
刻骨铭心 (刻骨銘心)
即刻 
时时刻刻 (時時刻刻)
深刻 
片刻 
立刻 
苛刻 
雕刻 
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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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