1. 使
  2. 命

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.

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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命

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  • 258th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 195 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
命→
亼叩
2Radical
命→
人human一one口mouth卩seal
3Graphical
命→
人一口丨㇆

Pinyin & Meaning

1. mìng (ming4)life • fate • order or command • to assign a name, title etc

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

命运 (命運)
生命 
革命 

Uncommon

人命 
使命 
偿命 (償命)
命中 
命令 
命名 
命题 (命題)
寿命 (壽命)
天命 
宿命 
性命 
拼命 
救命 
死命 
生命力 
相依为命 (相依為命)
算命 
维他命 (維他命)
听天由命 (聽天由命)
致命 
苦命 
要命 
认命 (認命)

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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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