• 176th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.12% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 285 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xìn (xin4)letter • mail • CL:封[feng1] • to trust • to believe • to profess faith in • truthful • confidence • trust • at will • at random

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

信息 
相信 
短信 
自信 

Uncommon

信仰 
信任 
信封 
信心 
信念 
信用 
信用卡 
信号 (信號)
信誉 (信譽)
信赖 (信賴)
回信 
坚信 (堅信)
写信 (寫信)
彩信 
明信片 
诚信 (誠信)
迷信 
通信 
电信 (電信)
风信子 (風信子)

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  • 1018th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 109 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhǐ (zhi3)paper • CL:張|张[zhang1],沓[da2] • classifier for documents, letter etc

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhǐ (zhi3)The component is pronounced as 'shì' (shi4). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhǐ (zhi3)The component is pronounced as '' (si1). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for zhǐ (zhi3)The component is pronounced as 'zhī' (zhi1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

报纸 (報紙)
壁纸 (壁紙)

Uncommon

信纸 (信紙)
剪纸 (剪紙)
图纸 (圖紙)
宣纸 (宣紙)
废纸 (廢紙)
折纸 (摺紙)
烧纸 (燒紙)
墙纸 (牆紙)
纸婚 (紙婚)
纸巾 (紙巾)
纸币 (紙幣)
纸张 (紙張)
纸杯 (紙杯)
纸板 (紙板)
纸条 (紙條)
纸片 (紙片)
纸牌 (紙牌)
纸箱 (紙箱)
纸醉金迷 (紙醉金迷)
纸鹤 (紙鶴)
卫生纸 (衛生紙)
贴纸 (貼紙)
造纸 (造紙)
餐巾纸 (餐巾紙)

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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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