• 188th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.11% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 133 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiān (xian1)early • prior • former • in advance • first

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

先生 
首先 

Uncommon

事先 
优先 (優先)
先前 
先天 
先后 (先後)
先机 (先機)
先知 
先行 
先进 (先進)
先锋 (先鋒)
原先 
抢先 (搶先)
率先 
祖先 
预先 (預先)
领先 (領先)

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  • 53rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.27% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 555 words
  • Component in 26 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. háng (hang2)a row • series • age order (of brothers) • profession • professional • relating to company
2. xíng (xing2)to walk • to go • to travel • a visit • temporary • makeshift • current • in circulation • to do • to perform • capable • competent • effective • all right • OK! • will do
3. xìng (xing4)behavior • conduct

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for háng (hang2)The component is pronounced as 'háng' (hang2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for xíng (xing2)The component is pronounced as 'xíng' (xing2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
3. Pronunciation clue for xíng (xing2)The component is pronounced as 'xìng' (xing4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
4. Pronunciation clue for xìng (xing4)The component is pronounced as 'xíng' (xing2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
5. Pronunciation clue for xìng (xing4)The component is pronounced as 'xìng' (xing4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

出行 
同行 
建行 
排行 
排行榜 
旅行 
横行 (橫行)
流行 
自行车 (自行車)
举行 (舉行)
行动 (行動)
行李 
行业 (行業)
行为 (行為)
行走 
进行 (進行)
银行 (銀行)

Uncommon

一行 
上行 
下行 
中行 
人行道 
例行 
修行 
先行 
分行 
可行 
执行 (執行)
夜行 
天马行空 (天馬行空)
央行 
实行 (實行)
履行 
工行 
平行 
平行线 (平行線)
强行 (強行)
德行 
成行 
推行 
支行 
改行 
放行 
旅行社 
步行 
步行者 
步行街 
滑行 
潜行 (潛行)
爬行 
特立独行 (特立獨行)
独行 (獨行)
现行 (現行)
发行 (發行)
盛行 
穿行 
绕行 (繞行)
自行 
航行 
行事 
行人 
行使 
行列 
行善 
行囊 
行好 
行家 
行尸走肉 (行屍走肉)
行情 
行政 
行星 
行李箱 
行程 
行者 
行装 (行裝)
行货 (行貨)
行贿 (行賄)
行路 
行踪 (行蹤)
行车 (行車)
行进 (行進)
行长 (行長)
行头 (行頭)
行驶 (行駛)
言行 
车行 (車行)
转行 (轉行)
送行 
逆行 
通行 
通行证 (通行證)
进行曲 (進行曲)
游行 (遊行)
运行 (運行)
远行 (遠行)
银行卡 (銀行卡)
银行家 (銀行家)
银行业 (銀行業)
闵行区 (閔行區)
随行 (隨行)
风行 (風行)
飞行 (飛行)
飞行员 (飛行員)

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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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