• 510th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 88 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhòng (Zhong4)abbr. for 眾議院|众议院[Zhong4 Yi4 Yuan4] House of Representatives
2. zhòng (zhong4)many • numerous • crowd • multitude
3. zhòng (zhong4)variant of 眾|众[zhong4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhòng (zhong4)The component is pronounced as 'zhòng' (zhong4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

公众 (公眾)
大众 (大眾)
民众 (民眾)
众人 (眾人)
众多 (眾多)
众生 (眾生)
群众 (群眾)
观众 (觀眾)

Uncommon

出众 (出眾)
受众 (受眾)
哗众取宠 (嘩眾取寵)
小众 (小眾)
当众 (當眾)
众所周知 (眾所周知)
聚众 (聚眾)
听众 (聽眾)
与众不同 (與眾不同)
芸芸众生 (蕓蕓眾生)

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  • 2805th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 9 words
  • Component in 99 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shǐ (shi3)arrow • dart • straight • to vow • to swear

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shǐ (shi3)The component is pronounced as 'shǐ' (shi3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

矢量 

Uncommon

众矢之的 (眾矢之的)

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  • 44th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.31% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 411 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhī (zhi1)(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) • him • her • it

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhī (zhi1)The component is pronounced as 'zhǔ' (zhu3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

之一 
之中 
之前 
之外 
之后 (之後)
之间 (之間)
总之 (總之)

Uncommon

一家之主 
一臂之力 
三分之一 
不败之地 (不敗之地)
久而久之 
之上 
之下 
之内 (之內)
之所以 
之际 (之際)
之类 (之類)
加之 
反之 
取而代之 
四分之一 
天伦之乐 (天倫之樂)
持之以恒 (持之以恆)
挥之不去 (揮之不去)
当之无愧 (當之無愧)
百分之百 
总而言之 (總而言之)
自知之明 
身外之物 

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  • 1st most frequent character
  • Adds ~4.09% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 151 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. de (de5)of • ~'s (possessive particle) • (used after an attribute) • (used to form a nominal expression) • (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
2. (di2)really and truly
3. (di4)aim • clear

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for de (de5)The component is pronounced as 'diǎn' (dian3). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for (di2)The component is pronounced as 'diǎn' (dian3). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for (di4)The component is pronounced as 'diǎn' (dian3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

有的 
的确 (的確)
的话 (的話)
目的 

Uncommon

似的 
别的 (別的)
妈的 (媽的)
有的时候 (有的時候)
漫无目的 (漫無目的)
的哥 
的士 
目的地 
总的来说 (總的來說)

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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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