• 1714th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 17 words
  • Component in 14 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Lu:3)surname Lü
2. (lu:3)pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (lu:3)The component is pronounced as '' (lu:3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

吕布 (呂布)

Uncommon

吕不韦 (呂不韋)

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  • 1498th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 96 words
  • Component in 33 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph availableNo glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shì (shi4)clan name • maiden name
2. zhī (zhi1)see 月氏[Yue4 zhi1] and 閼氏|阏氏[yan1 zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as 'shì' (shi4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as 'zhī' (zhi1). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for zhī (zhi1)The component is pronounced as 'shì' (shi4). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for zhī (zhi1)The component is pronounced as 'zhī' (zhi1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

姓氏 
摄氏 (攝氏)
摄氏度 (攝氏度)

Uncommon

人氏 
元氏 
吕氏春秋 (呂氏春秋)
巴氏 
旁氏 
李氏 
梅氏 
段氏 
氏族 
沙门氏菌 (沙門氏菌)
无名氏 (無名氏)
卢氏 (盧氏)
罗氏 (羅氏)
华氏 (華氏)
里氏 
庞氏 (龐氏)

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  • 919th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 135 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chūn (Chun1)surname Chun
2. chūn (chun1)spring (time) • gay • joyful • youthful • love • lust • life

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for chūn (chun1)The component is pronounced as 'gǔn' (gun3). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

新春 
春天 
春节 (春節)
春运 (春運)
青春 

Uncommon

春光 
春季 
春秋 
春联 (春聯)
春雨 
长春 (長春)
青春期 

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  • 1149th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 102 words
  • Component in 14 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qiū (Qiu1)surname Qiu
2. qiū (qiu1)autumn • fall • harvest time • a swing
3. qiū (qiu1)a swing

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

春秋 
秋天 

Uncommon

中秋 
中秋节 (中秋節)
千秋 
春夏秋冬 
深秋 
秋季 
秋水 
秋色 
秋叶 (秋葉)
秋叶原 (秋葉原)
秋葵 
秋衣 
秋裤 (秋褲)
秋游 (秋遊)
秋雨 
立秋 
秋千 (鞦韆)

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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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