• 2257th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 6 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (li2)one hundredth • centi-
2. (Li2)Li (c. 2000 BC), sixth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, also known as Ai 哀[Ai1]
3. (li2)one hundredth • centi-

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (li2)The component is pronounced as '' (li3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for (li2)The component is pronounced as '' (li3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Appears In

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Example Words

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

厘米 
巴厘岛 (巴厘島)
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  • 575th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 97 words
  • Component in 158 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Mi3)surname Mi
2. (mi3)rice • CL:粒[li4] • meter (classifier)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (mi3)The component is pronounced as '' (mu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for (mi3)The component is pronounced as '' (mi3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 
虾米 (蝦米)

Medium Frequency

厘米 
大米 
小米 
平方米 
平米 
提拉米苏 (提拉米蘇)
柴米油盐 (柴米油鹽)
毫米 
爆米花 
玉米 
米粉 
米粒 
米粥 
米线 (米線)
米兰 (米蘭)
米饭 (米飯)
糙米 
糯米 
糯米粉 
美索不达米亚 (美索不達米亞)
花生米 
薏米 
西米 
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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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