• 513th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 205 words
  • Component in 13 characters

Decomposition

1Once
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3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bàn (ban4)half • semi- • incomplete • (after a number) and a half

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for bàn (ban4)The component is pronounced as '' (ba1). It has the same pinyin initial.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

一半 
半夜 

Uncommon

三更半夜 
上半年 
下半年 
下半身 
事半功倍 
半价 (半價)
半场 (半場)
半天 
半岛 (半島)
半成品 
半条命 (半條命)
半死 
半决赛 (半決賽)
半生 
半空 
半路 
半辈子 (半輩子)
半途而废 (半途而廢)
半点 (半點)
多半 
夜半 
大半 
深更半夜 
过半 (過半)

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  • 317th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 239 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (si3)to die • impassable • uncrossable • inflexible • rigid • extremely

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (si3)The component is pronounced as '' (bi3). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

冻死 (凍死)
害死 
打死 
死亡 
死人 
死刑 
死去 
死因 
气死 (氣死)
生死 
饿死 (餓死)

Uncommon

作死 
半死 
去死 
垂死 
堵死 
弄死 
找死 
拼死 
掐死 
摔死 
撞死 
早死 
晕死 (暈死)
会死 (會死)
死去活来 (死去活來)
死命 
死囚 
死后 (死後)
死心 
死心塌地 
死板 
死机 (死機)
死死 
死皮赖脸 (死皮賴臉)
死神 
死者 
死而后已 (死而後已)
死角 
死路 
死鬼 
死党 (死黨)
杀死 (殺死)
淹死 
炸死 
猝死 
生老病死 
疼死 
病死 
砸死 
临死 (臨死)
致死 
要死 
誓死 
起死回生 
逼死 
醉生梦死 (醉生夢死)

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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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