• 456th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 136 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shǐ (Shi3)surname Shi
2. shǐ (shi3)history • annals • title of an official historian in ancient China

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shǐ (shi3)The component is pronounced as 'shù' (shu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for shǐ (shi3)The component is pronounced as '' (yi4). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

史上 
历史 (歷史)

Uncommon

史册 (史冊)
史前 
史密斯 
史实 (史實)
史料 
史书 (史書)
史无前例 (史無前例)
史记 (史記)
史诗 (史詩)
史诗般 (史詩般)
文学史 (文學史)
有史以来 (有史以來)
历史学家 (歷史學家)
历史性 (歷史性)
病史 
简史 (簡史)
罗曼史 (羅曼史)
近代史 
野史 

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  • 1427th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 48 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (di4)stem (of fruit)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (di4)The component is pronounced as '' (di4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (di4)The component is pronounced as '' (mi4). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

斯蒂芬 
梵蒂冈 (梵蒂岡)
梵蒂冈城 (梵蒂岡城)
玛莎拉蒂 (瑪莎拉蒂)
罗曼蒂克 (羅曼蒂克)

Uncommon

克里斯蒂安 
史蒂夫 
史蒂文 
史蒂文斯 
烟蒂 (煙蒂)
瓜熟蒂落 
芥蒂 
阴蒂 (陰蒂)

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  • 377th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 222 words
  • Component in 13 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (fu1)husband • man • manual worker • conscripted laborer (old)
2. (fu2)(classical) this, that • he, she, they • (exclamatory final particle) • (initial particle, introduces an opinion)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

丈夫 
功夫 
大夫 
夫人 
夫妻 
夫妇 (夫婦)
姐夫 
屠夫 

Uncommon

前夫 
夫子 
妹夫 
姨夫 
居里夫人 
工夫 
懦夫 
渔夫 (漁夫)
车夫 (車夫)
农夫 (農夫)
马夫 (馬伕)
马尔代夫 (馬爾代夫)
高尔夫 (高爾夫)

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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.