• 744th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 50 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
townhumanNo glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiē (jie1)rank or step • stairs

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiē (jie1)The component is pronounced as 'jiè' (jie4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

阶梯 (階梯)
阶段 (階段)

Uncommon

石阶 (石階)
台阶 (臺階)
进阶 (進階)
阶层 (階層)
阶段性 (階段性)
阶级 (階級)

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  • 567th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 53 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
lineNo glyph availableweapon/lance
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. duàn (Duan4)surname Duan
2. duàn (duan4)paragraph • section • segment • stage (of a process) • classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

手段 
段子 
片段 
阶段 (階段)

Uncommon

不择手段 (不擇手段)
前段 
地段 
时段 (時段)
段落 
身段 
阶段性 (階段性)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.