• 1250th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 64 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chàng (chang4)to sing • to call loudly • to chant

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for chàng (chang4)The component is pronounced as 'chāng' (chang1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

唱歌 
演唱会 (演唱會)

Uncommon

假唱 
合唱 
合唱团 (合唱團)
唱功 
唱片 
弹唱 (彈唱)
歌唱 
演唱 
翻唱 
说唱 (說唱)

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  • 904th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 53 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
𠂇

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shī (shi1)poem • CL:首[shou3] • poetry • verse • abbr. for Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 Jing1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shī (shi1)The component is pronounced as '' (si4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

诗人 (詩人)
诗意 (詩意)
诗歌 (詩歌)

Uncommon

古诗 (古詩)
史诗 (史詩)
史诗般 (史詩般)
吟诗 (吟詩)
唱诗班 (唱詩班)
如诗如画 (如詩如畫)
情诗 (情詩)
打油诗 (打油詩)
诗句 (詩句)
诗情画意 (詩情畫意)
诗文 (詩文)
诗篇 (詩篇)
诗经 (詩經)
诗词 (詩詞)
诗集 (詩集)
赋诗 (賦詩)
韵诗 (韻詩)

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  • 882nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 110 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bān (Ban1)surname Ban
2. bān (ban1)team • class • squad • work shift • ranking • CL:個|个[ge4] • classifier for groups

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

上班 

Uncommon

上班族 
下班 
值班 
加班 
夜班 
早班 
班主任 
班级 (班級)
班车 (班車)
班长 (班長)
航班 
西班牙 

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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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