1. 使
  2. 劲

使

Previous (工)Next (情)
  • 119th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.16% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 118 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
使→
亻吏
2Radical
使→
亻human十ten口mouth丨line乂N/A
3Graphical
使→
㇒丨一丨口丨乂

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shǐ (shi3)to make • to cause • to enable • to use • to employ • to send • to instruct sb to do sth • envoy • messenger

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 使 shǐ (shi3)The component 吏 is pronounced as 'lì' (li4). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for 使 shǐ (shi3)The component 十 is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
3. Pronunciation clue for 使 shǐ (shi3)The component 丨 is pronounced as 'shù' (shu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
4. Pronunciation clue for 使 shǐ (shi3)The component 乂 is pronounced as 'yì' (yi4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

使用 
即使 
天使 

Uncommon

使劲 (使勁)
使命 
使得 
使用者 
使者 
使馆 (使館)
促使 
大使 
好使 
纵使 (縱使)

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劲

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Previous (晓)Next (贫)
  • 1356th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 64 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
劲→
No glyph available力
2Radical
劲→
龴N/A工work力power/force
3Graphical
劲→
龴一丨一㇆丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jìn (jin4)strength • energy • enthusiasm • spirit • mood • expression • interest • CL:把[ba3]
2. jìng (jing4)stalwart • sturdy • strong • powerful

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

使劲 (使勁)
劲儿 (勁兒)
差劲 (差勁)
强劲 (強勁)
没劲 (沒勁)
费劲 (費勁)

Uncommon

一个劲 (一個勁)
不对劲 (不對勁)
不得劲 (不得勁)
劲敌 (勁敵)
劲头 (勁頭)
对劲 (對勁)
带劲 (帶勁)
干劲 (幹勁)
冲劲 (衝勁)
起劲 (起勁)
较劲 (較勁)

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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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