• 1143rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 108 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yuán (yuan2)circle • round • circular • spherical • (of the moon) full • unit of Chinese currency (Yuan) • tactful • to justify

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yuán (yuan2)The component is pronounced as 'yuán' (yuan2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

圆满 (圓滿)
圆领 (圓領)
团圆 (團圓)
桂圆 (桂圓)
汤圆 (湯圓)

Uncommon

圆圈 (圓圈)
圆梦 (圓夢)
圆子 (圓子)
圆形 (圓形)
圆明园 (圓明園)
圆月 (圓月)
圆桌 (圓桌)
圆滑 (圓滑)
圆滚滚 (圓滾滾)
圆润 (圓潤)
圆珠笔 (圓珠筆)
圆筒 (圓筒)
圆舞曲 (圓舞曲)
圆通 (圓通)
圆点 (圓點)
方圆 (方圓)
椭圆 (橢圓)
花好月圆 (花好月圓)

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  • 1284th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 84 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhū (zhu1)bead • pearl • CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhū (zhu1)The component is pronounced as 'zhū' (zhu1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhū (zhu1)The component is pronounced as '' (mu4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

明珠 
珠海 

Uncommon

七龙珠 (七龍珠)
圆珠笔 (圓珠筆)
水珠 
海珠 
海珠区 (海珠區)
泪珠 (淚珠)
珍珠 
珍珠港 
珠子 
珠宝 (珠寶)
珠峰 
珠江 
珠海市 
眼珠 
眼珠子 
露珠 

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  • 954th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 132 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (bi3)pen • pencil • writing brush • to write or compose • the strokes of Chinese characters • classifier for sums of money, deals • CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

笔记 (筆記)
笔记本 (筆記本)
蜡笔 (蠟筆)
蜡笔小新 (蠟筆小新)
亲笔 (親筆)
铅笔 (鉛筆)

Uncommon

一笔勾销 (一筆勾銷)
下笔 (下筆)
伏笔 (伏筆)
圆珠笔 (圓珠筆)
执笔 (執筆)
妙笔生花 (妙筆生花)
提笔 (提筆)
败笔 (敗筆)
文笔 (文筆)
毛笔 (毛筆)
煞笔 (煞筆)
画笔 (畫筆)
眉笔 (眉筆)
神笔 (神筆)
笔名 (筆名)
笔尖 (筆尖)
笔战 (筆戰)
笔挺 (筆挺)
笔架 (筆架)
笔法 (筆法)
笔画 (筆畫)
笔直 (筆直)
笔筒 (筆筒)
笔者 (筆者)
笔触 (筆觸)
笔试 (筆試)
笔迹 (筆跡)
笔录 (筆錄)
笔头 (筆頭)
粉笔 (粉筆)
落笔 (落筆)
铅笔盒 (鉛筆盒)
钢笔 (鋼筆)
随笔 (隨筆)

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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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