• 1119th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 84 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. āi (ai1)dust • dirt • Angstrom or Ångström, unit of length equal to 10^-10 meters • phonetic ai or e • abbr. for Egypt 埃及[Ai1 ji2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for āi (ai1)The component is pronounced as '' (yi3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for āi (ai1)The component is pronounced as '' (si1). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for āi (ai1)The component is pronounced as 'shǐ' (shi3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

埃及 
尘埃 (塵埃)

Uncommon

埃塞俄比亚 (埃塞俄比亞)
埃弗顿 (埃弗頓)
埃文斯 
皮埃尔 (皮埃爾)

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  • 198th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 82 words
  • Component in 12 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ji2)and • to reach • up to • in time for

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

以及 
及时 (及時)

Uncommon

来得及 (來得及)
及格 
埃及 
后悔莫及 (後悔莫及)
措手不及 
提及 
普及 
涉及 
触及 (觸及)
迫不及待 
追悔莫及 
遥不可及 (遙不可及)
顾及 (顧及)

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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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