• 1011th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 41 words
  • Component in 8 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. fán (fan2)ordinary • commonplace • mundane • temporal • of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels) • every • all • whatever • altogether • gist • outline • note of Chinese musical scale

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

平凡 

Uncommon

下凡 
不凡 
凡事 
凡人 
凡是 
超凡 
阿凡达 (阿凡達)
非凡 

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  • 58th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.26% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 469 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shì (shi4)matter • thing • item • work • affair • CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as 'shù' (shu4). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

事实 (事實)
事情 
事业 (事業)
同事 
故事 
万事如意 (萬事如意)

Uncommon

世事 
事事 
事件 
事先 
事儿 (事兒)
事务 (事務)
事后 (事後)
事故 
事业有成 (事業有成)
事物 
事变 (事變)
事项 (事項)
人事 
做事 
共事 
凡事 
出事 
刑事 
启事 (啟事)
喜事 
回事 
执事 (執事)
坏事 (壞事)
好事 
实事 (實事)
小事 
屁事 
往事 
从事 (從事)
心事 
怎么回事 (怎麼回事)
懂事 
找事 
本事 
乐事 (樂事)
正事 
没事 (沒事)
没事儿 (沒事兒)
无所事事 (無所事事)
烦心事 (煩心事)
琐事 (瑣事)
当事人 (當事人)
百事可乐 (百事可樂)
糗事 
若无其事 (若無其事)
万事 (萬事)
万事大吉 (萬事大吉)
董事 
董事长 (董事長)
处事 (處事)
行事 
记事 (記事)
诸事 (諸事)
赛事 (賽事)
趣事 
军事 (軍事)
办事 (辦事)
闲事 (閑事)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.