• 835th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 65 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shēng (sheng1)to raise • to hoist • to promote • metric liter (also written 公升) • measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗
2. shēng (sheng1)ascend • peaceful
3. shēng (sheng1)variant of 升[sheng1]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

升级 (升級)
提升 (提昇)

Uncommon

上升 (上昇)
升官 
升温 (升溫)
升华 (升華)
升起 
升迁 (升遷)
回升 
升值 (昇值)
升高 (昇高)
晋升 (晉升)
毫升 
直升机 (直升機)
飙升 (飆升)
高升 

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  • 432nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 181 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. guān (Guan1)surname Guan
2. guān (guan1)official • government • organ of body • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

官员 (官員)
官方 

Uncommon

五官 
做官 
判官 
升官 
器官 
官僚 
官兵 
官司 
官场 (官場)
官府 
官渡 
客官 
性器官 
感官 
收官 
教官 
检察官 (檢察官)
法官 
清官 
看官 
考官 
芝麻官 
警官 
贪官 (貪官)
军官 (軍官)
长官 (長官)
高官 

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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.