• 155th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 479 words
  • Component in 9 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Li4)surname Li
2. (li4)sharp • favorable • advantage • benefit • profit • interest • to do good to • to benefit

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

利器 
利用 
利益 
胜利 (勝利)
大吉大利 
意大利 
战利品 (戰利品)
权利 (權利)
福利 
顺利 (順利)

Uncommon

不利 
亨利 
便利 
保加利亚 (保加利亞)
利事 
利刃 
利害 
利尿 
利己 
利市 
利弊 
利息 
利于 (利於)
利是 
利比亚 (利比亞)
利润 (利潤)
利物浦 
利率 
利禄 (利祿)
利索 
利落 
利马 (利馬)
功利 
胜利者 (勝利者)
势利 (勢利)
匈牙利 
吉利 
名利 
哈利 
多利 
失利 
奥利奥 (奧利奧)
奥地利 (奧地利)
安利 
专利 (專利)
急功近利 
意大利人 
意大利语 (意大利語)
意大利面 
叙利亚 (敘利亞)
智利 
暴利 
有利 
比利 
比利时 (比利時)
水利 
法拉利 
流利 
净利润 (淨利潤)
澳大利亚 (澳大利亞)
犀利 
获利 (獲利)
玛利亚 (瑪利亞)
盈利 
福利院 
维多利亚 (維多利亞)
自私自利 
复利 (複利)
返利 
锋利 (鋒利)
飞利浦 (飛利浦)
高利贷 (高利貸)
麻利 

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  • 867th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 44 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
humanoneNo glyph availableknife
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiàn (jian4)double-edged sword • CL:口[kou3],把[ba3] • classifier for blows of a sword

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiàn (jian4)The component is pronounced as 'qiān' (qian1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

剑客 (劍客)
剑桥 (劍橋)

Uncommon

利剑 (利劍)
剑川 (劍川)
剑拔弩张 (劍拔弩張)
剑河 (劍河)
剑法 (劍法)
剑术 (劍術)
剑道 (劍道)
剑阁 (劍閣)
口蜜腹剑 (口蜜腹劍)
唇枪舌剑 (唇槍舌劍)
宝剑 (寶劍)
击剑 (擊劍)
舞剑 (舞劍)

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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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