• 2nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~1.58% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 886 words
  • Component in 68 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (yi1)one • 1 • single • a (article) • as soon as • entire • whole • all • throughout • "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (yi1)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

一下 
一些 
一切 
一定 
一样 (一樣)
一直 
一起 
一点 (一點)
在一起 
第一 

Uncommon

一一 
一下子 
一共 
一再 
一半 
一口气 (一口氣)
一同 
一向 
一味 
一呼百应 (一呼百應)
一塌糊涂 (一塌糊塗)
一大早 
一如既往 
一帆风顺 (一帆風順)
一度 
一心 
一手 
一旁 
一旦 
一早 
一时 (一時)
一会 (一會)
一会儿 (一會兒)
一月 
一次性 
一流 
一无所有 (一無所有)
一片 
一生 
一石二鸟 (一石二鳥)
一致 
一举 (一舉)
一般 
一言九鼎 
一路 
一辈子 (一輩子)
一边 (一邊)
一阵子 (一陣子)
一体 (一體)
一鸣惊人 (一鳴驚人)
一点儿 (一點兒)
一点点 (一點點)
一齐 (一齊)
之一 
初一 
十一 
唯一 
专一 (專一)
星期一 
清一色 
独一无二 (獨一無二)
百里挑一 (百裡挑一)
统一 (統一)
万一 (萬一)
周一 (週一)
进一步 (進一步)

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  • 860th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 79 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bài (bai4)be defeated • to defeat • loss

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for bài (bai4)The component is pronounced as 'bèi' (bei4). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

失败 (失敗)
打败 (打敗)
击败 (擊敗)
腐败 (腐敗)

Uncommon

一败涂地 (一敗塗地)
不败之地 (不敗之地)
失败者 (失敗者)
惨败 (慘敗)
成败 (成敗)
挫败 (挫敗)
败坏 (敗壞)
败笔 (敗筆)
败类 (敗類)
独孤求败 (獨孤求敗)
连败 (連敗)

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  • 1733rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 39 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (tu2)to apply (paint etc) • to smear • to daub • to blot out • to scribble • to scrawl • (literary) mud • street
2. (Tu2)surname Tu
3. (tu2)variant of 途[tu2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (tu2)The component is pronounced as '' (yu2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (tu2)The component is pronounced as '' (yu2). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

一塌糊涂 (一塌糊塗)
涂抹 (塗抹)
涂鸦 (塗鴉)
糊涂 (糊塗)

Uncommon

一败涂地 (一敗塗地)
涂料 (塗料)
稀里糊涂 (稀裏糊塗)
糊里糊涂 (糊裡糊塗)

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  • 21st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.50% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 821 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. de (de5)-ly • structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
2. (di4)earth • ground • field • place • land • CL:片[pian4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for de (de5)The component is pronounced as '' (ye3). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

地主 
地址 
地方 
地铁 (地鐵)

Uncommon

一败涂地 (一敗塗地)
不败之地 (不敗之地)
内地 (內地)
原地 
土地 
地上 
地下 
地中海 
地久天长 (地久天長)
地位 
地区 (地區)
地图 (地圖)
地域 
地坛 (地壇)
地带 (地帶)
地平线 (地平線)
地心 
地板 
地步 
地毯 
地牢 
地狱 (地獄)
地球 
地理 
地瓜 
地产 (地產)
地盘 (地盤)
地处 (地處)
地质 (地質)
地道 
地铁站 (地鐵站)
地震 
地面 
地点 (地點)
基地 
场地 (場地)
境地 
墓地 
外地 
大地 
天地 
天寒地冻 (天寒地凍)
天崩地裂 
天旋地转 (天旋地轉)
天长地久 (天長地久)
失地 
奥地利 (奧地利)
工地 
征地 
心地 
战地 (戰地)
房地产 (房地產)
所在地 
扫地 (掃地)
故地 
本地 
欢天喜地 (歡天喜地)
死心塌地 
湿地 (濕地)
特地 
异地 (異地)
异地恋 (異地戀)
当地 (當地)
目的地 
圣地 (聖地)
脚踏实地 (腳踏實地)
草地 
荒地 
落地 
谈天说地 (談天說地)
谢天谢地 (謝天謝地)
质地 (質地)
遍地 
开天辟地 (開天闢地)
阵地 (陣地)
随地 (隨地)
领地 (領地)
余地 (餘地)
惊天动地 (驚天動地)

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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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