• 203rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 341 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. míng (ming2)name • noun (part of speech) • place (e.g. among winners) • famous • classifier for people

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

名单 (名單)
名字 
成名 
排名 

Uncommon

出名 
功名 
取名 
名人 
名利 
名副其实 (名副其實)
名叫 
名媛 
名将 (名將)
名气 (名氣)
名片 
名牌 
名状 (名狀)
名称 (名稱)
名义 (名義)
名著 
名号 (名號)
名言 
名词 (名詞)
名誉 (名譽)
名额 (名額)
命名 
报名 (報名)
姓名 
实名制 (實名制)
提名 
改名 
更名 
有名 
无名指 (無名指)
知名 
签名 (簽名)
茂名 
莫名 
莫名其妙 
著名 
点名 (點名)

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  • 155th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 479 words
  • Component in 9 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Li4)surname Li
2. (li4)sharp • favorable • advantage • benefit • profit • interest • to do good to • to benefit

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

利器 
利用 
利益 
胜利 (勝利)
大吉大利 
意大利 
战利品 (戰利品)
权利 (權利)
福利 
顺利 (順利)

Uncommon

不利 
亨利 
便利 
保加利亚 (保加利亞)
利事 
利刃 
利害 
利尿 
利己 
利市 
利弊 
利息 
利于 (利於)
利是 
利比亚 (利比亞)
利润 (利潤)
利物浦 
利率 
利禄 (利祿)
利索 
利落 
利马 (利馬)
功利 
胜利者 (勝利者)
势利 (勢利)
匈牙利 
吉利 
名利 
哈利 
多利 
失利 
奥利奥 (奧利奧)
奥地利 (奧地利)
安利 
专利 (專利)
急功近利 
意大利人 
意大利语 (意大利語)
意大利面 
叙利亚 (敘利亞)
智利 
暴利 
有利 
比利 
比利时 (比利時)
水利 
法拉利 
流利 
净利润 (淨利潤)
澳大利亚 (澳大利亞)
犀利 
获利 (獲利)
玛利亚 (瑪利亞)
盈利 
福利院 
维多利亚 (維多利亞)
自私自利 
复利 (複利)
返利 
锋利 (鋒利)
飞利浦 (飛利浦)
高利贷 (高利貸)
麻利 

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  • 581st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 174 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shuāng (Shuang1)surname Shuang
2. shuāng (shuang1)two • double • pair • both

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

双子 (雙子)
双子座 (雙子座)
双方 (雙方)
双胞胎 (雙胞胎)
双面 (雙面)

Uncommon

名利双收 (名利雙收)
无双 (無雙)
举世无双 (舉世無雙)
西双版纳 (西雙版納)
双乳 (雙乳)
双人床 (雙人床)
双休日 (雙休日)
双刃 (雙刃)
双向 (雙向)
双城 (雙城)
双层 (雙層)
双峰 (雙峰)
双性恋 (雙性戀)
双打 (雙打)
双击 (雙擊)
双数 (雙數)
双星 (雙星)
双核 (雙核)
双氧水 (雙氧水)
双流 (雙流)
双流县 (雙流縣)
双生 (雙生)
双眸 (雙眸)
双眼 (雙眼)
双眼皮 (雙眼皮)
双立人 (雙立人)
双簧 (雙簧)
双腿 (雙腿)
双膝 (雙膝)
双臂 (雙臂)
双规 (雙規)
双亲 (雙親)
双语 (雙語)
双足 (雙足)
双边 (雙邊)
双重 (雙重)
双飞 (雙飛)

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  • 351st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 180 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shōu (shou1)to receive • to accept • to collect • to restrain • to stop • in care of (used on address line after name)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shōu (shou1)The component is pronounced as 'shù' (shu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

收到 
收拾 
收获 (收獲)
收藏 

Uncommon

吸收 
回收 
接收 
收入 
收取 
收回 
收场 (收場)
收尾 
收工 
收复 (收復)
收心 
收敛 (收斂)
收留 
收益 
收盘 (收盤)
收看 
收礼 (收禮)
收纳 (收納)
收紧 (收緊)
收缩 (收縮)
收听 (收聽)
收视率 (收視率)
收费 (收費)
收费站 (收費站)
收购 (收購)
收录 (收錄)
收集 
收音机 (收音機)
收养 (收養)
没收 (沒收)
丰收 (豐收)

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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.