• 181st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.11% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 276 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shì (Shi4)surname Shi
2. shì (shi4)life • age • generation • era • world • lifetime • epoch • descendant • noble

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

世界 
乱世 (亂世)

Uncommon

一生一世 
世上 
世事 
世人 
世俗 
世家 
世故 
世界观 (世界觀)
世纪 (世紀)
世间 (世間)
乱世佳人 (亂世佳人)
人世 
今世 
出世 
前世 
去世 
在世 
尘世 (塵世)
盛世 
绝世 (絕世)
处世 (處世)

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  • 1944th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 40 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jǐn (jin3)brocade • embroidered work • bright

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jǐn (jin3)The component is pronounced as 'jīn' (jin1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

胡锦涛 (胡錦濤)
锦江 (錦江)
锦绣 (錦繡)
集锦 (集錦)

Uncommon

世锦赛 (世錦賽)
盘锦 (盤錦)
衣锦还乡 (衣錦還鄉)
锦上添花 (錦上添花)
锦州 (錦州)
锦标赛 (錦標賽)
锦江区 (錦江區)

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  • 1062nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 135 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. sài (sai4)to compete • competition • match • to surpass • better than • superior to • to excel

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

比赛 (比賽)
决赛 (決賽)
赛季 (賽季)
赛车 (賽車)

Uncommon

公开赛 (公開賽)
冠军赛 (冠軍賽)
半决赛 (半決賽)
参赛 (參賽)
季后赛 (季後賽)
拉力赛 (拉力賽)
淘汰赛 (淘汰賽)
球赛 (球賽)
竞赛 (競賽)
赛事 (賽事)
赛场 (賽場)
赛程 (賽程)
赛跑 (賽跑)
赛点 (賽點)
足球赛 (足球賽)
锦标赛 (錦標賽)
开赛 (開賽)
马赛 (馬賽)
马赛克 (馬賽克)

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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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