• 203rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 200 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

High Frequency

 
名字 
成名 
排名 

Medium Frequency

出名 
取名 
名人 
名利 
名叫 
名单 (名單)
名将 (名將)
名片 
名牌 
名状 (名狀)
名称 (名稱)
名义 (名義)
名言 
名词 (名詞)
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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  • 742nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 59 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shèng (sheng4)victory • success • to beat • to defeat • to surpass • victorious • superior to • to get the better of • better than • surpassing • superb (of vista) • beautiful (scenery) • wonderful (view) • (arch. pronunciation shēng) able to bear • equal to (a task)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shèng (sheng4)The component is pronounced as 'shēng' (sheng1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 ()
胜利 (勝利)
必胜客 (必勝客)
战胜 (戰勝)

Medium Frequency

胜任 (勝任)
胜似 (勝似)
胜利者 (勝利者)
胜地 (勝地)
胜败 (勝敗)
胜负 (勝負)
胜过 (勝過)
胜选 (勝選)
取胜 (取勝)
名胜 (名勝)
喜不自胜 (喜不自勝)
大胜 (大勝)
好胜 (好勝)
战无不胜 (戰無不勝)
获胜 (獲勝)
美不胜收 (美不勝收)
防不胜防 (防不勝防)
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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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