• 448th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 75 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
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3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiě (xie3)to write

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

写下 (寫下)
写真 (寫真)
书写 (書寫)

Uncommon

填写 (填寫)
写作 (寫作)
写信 (寫信)
写字楼 (寫字樓)
写完 (寫完)
写意 (寫意)
写照 (寫照)
写生 (寫生)
手写 (手寫)
描写 (描寫)
撰写 (撰寫)
改写 (改寫)
特写 (特寫)
编写 (編寫)
缩写 (縮寫)
听写 (聽寫)
谱写 (譜寫)
轻描淡写 (輕描淡寫)
速写 (速寫)

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  • 393rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 331 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (zi4)letter • symbol • character • word • CL:個|个[ge4] • courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (zi4)The component is pronounced as '' (zi3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for (zi4)The component is pronounced as 'zi' (zi5). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

名字 
字幕 
数字 (數字)
文字 

Uncommon

一字 
十字 
十字架 
十字绣 (十字繡)
十字路口 
字典 
字型 
字形 
字数 (字數)
字条 (字條)
字样 (字樣)
字母 
字眼 
字符 
字号 (字號)
字里行间 (字裡行間)
字迹 (字跡)
字面 
字体 (字體)
写字 (寫字)
写字楼 (寫字樓)
打字 
汉字 (漢字)
码字 (碼字)
签字 (簽字)
繁体字 (繁體字)
识字 (識字)
金字塔 
错别字 (錯別字)
错字 (錯字)
脏字 (髒字)

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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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