1. 主
  2. 任

主

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  • 87th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.21% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 228 words
  • Component in 15 characters

Decomposition

1Once
主→
王丶
2Radical
主→
王jade丶dot
3Graphical
主→
一一丨一丶

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhǔ (zhu3)owner • master • host • individual or party concerned • God • Lord • main • to indicate or signify • trump card (in card games)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 主 zhǔ (zhu3)The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhǔ' (zhu3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

主 also appears in:
住往注驻柱蛀拄炷麈跓疰飳駐砫註

Example Words

High Frequency

主 
主人 
主动 (主動)
主持人 
主要 
主角 
主题 (主題)
公主 
地主 

Medium Frequency

主人公 
主任 
主力 
主场 (主場)
主妇 (主婦)
主宰 
主导 (主導)
主席 
主张 (主張)
主意 
主持 
主播 
主料 
主板 
主机 (主機)
主权 (主權)
主流 
主演 
主管 
主线 (主線)
主编 (主編)
主见 (主見)
主观 (主觀)
主办 (主辦)
主页 (主頁)
主食 
主体 (主體)
做主 
副主席 
君主 
失主 
店主 
教主 
业主 (業主)
毛主席 
民主 
为主 (為主)
班主任 
社会主义 (社會主義)
自主 
资本主义 (資本主義)
车主 (車主)
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任

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Previous (门)Next (常)
  • 186th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.11% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 78 words
  • Component in 9 characters

Decomposition

1Once
任→
亻壬
2Radical
任→
亻human㇒N/A士scholar
3Graphical
任→
㇒丨㇒一丨一

Pinyin & Meaning

1. rèn (Ren4)surname Ren
2. rèn (ren4)to assign • to appoint • to take up a post • office • responsibility • to let • to allow • to give free rein to • no matter (how, what etc)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 任 rèn (ren4)The component 壬 is pronounced as 'rén' (ren2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Appears In

任 also appears in:
凭赁恁荏袵鵀餁秹絍

Example Words

High Frequency

任何 
任务 (任務)
任意 
责任 (責任)

Medium Frequency

主任 
任 
任性 
任选 (任選)
信任 
担任 (擔任)
班主任 
责任心 (責任心)
责任感 (責任感)
连任 (連任)
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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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