• 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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  • 148th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 469 words
  • Component in 38 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wén (Wen2)surname Wen
2. wén (wen2)language • culture • writing • formal • literary • gentle • (old) classifier for coins • Kangxi radical 118

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for wén (wen2)The component is pronounced as 'wén' (wen2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

中文 
博文 
原文 
文化 
文字 
文章 
文艺 (文藝)
英文 

Uncommon

一文不值 
三文鱼 (三文魚)
人文 
作文 
全文 
天文 
天文馆 (天文館)
散文 
文人 
文件 
文具 
文学 (文學)
文凭 (文憑)
文摘 
文昌 
文明 
文本 
文档 (文檔)
文物 
文献 (文獻)
文盲 
文科 
文笔 (文筆)
文言文 
文采 
文静 (文靜)
文革 
斯文 
日文 
本文 
蔡英文 
语文 (語文)
课文 (課文)
论文 (論文)
达尔文 (達爾文)
铭文 (銘文)
韩文 (韓文)

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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.