• 854th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 86 words
  • Component in 19 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Ji2)surname Ji • abbr. for Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 sheng3]
2. (ji2)lucky • giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ji2)The component is pronounced as 'shì' (shi4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

High Frequency

吉祥 
大吉 
大吉大利 

Medium Frequency

 
吉他 
吉利 
吉林 
吉祥物 
吉隆坡 
万事大吉 (萬事大吉)
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  • 1376th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 31 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiōng (xiong1)terrible • fearful
2. xiōng (xiong1)vicious • fierce • ominous • inauspicious • famine • variant of 兇|凶[xiong1]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

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凶手 (兇手)
凶残 (兇殘)
凶狠 (兇狠)

Medium Frequency

凶器 (兇器)
凶悍 (兇悍)
凶恶 (兇惡)
凶杀 (兇殺)
凶杀案 (兇殺案)
凶猛 (兇猛)
凶神 (兇神)
凶险 (兇險)
凶兆 
凶光 
凶暴 
吉凶 
帮凶 (幫兇)
逢凶化吉 
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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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