• 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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  • 1078th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 129 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. sāi (Sai1)Serbia • Serbian • abbr. for 塞爾維亞|塞尔维亚[Sai1 er3 wei2 ya4]
2. sāi (sai1)to stop up • to squeeze in • to stuff • cork • stopper
3. sài (sai4)strategic pass • tactical border position
4. (se4)to stop up • to stuff • to cope with

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

哇塞 
堵塞 
塞车 (塞車)
巴塞罗那 (巴塞羅那)
鼻塞 

Uncommon

埃塞俄比亚 (埃塞俄比亞)
塞外 
塞子 
塞满 (塞滿)
塞尔维亚 (塞爾維亞)
塞纳河 (塞納河)
塞维利亚 (塞維利亞)
塞翁失马 (塞翁失馬)
塞舌尔 (塞舌爾)
布鲁塞尔 (布魯塞爾)
心肌梗塞 
搪塞 
森海塞尔 (森海塞爾)
活塞 
卢塞恩 (盧塞恩)
耳塞 
语塞 (語塞)
闭塞 (閉塞)
阻塞 

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  • 973rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 51 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. é (e2)suddenly • very soon • Russian (Taiwan pr. [e4])

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

俄国 (俄國)
俄罗斯 (俄羅斯)

Uncommon

俄亥俄州 
俄国人 (俄國人)
俄文 
俄罗斯人 (俄羅斯人)
俄语 (俄語)
埃塞俄比亚 (埃塞俄比亞)
白俄罗斯 (白俄羅斯)

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  • 199th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 244 words
  • Component in 62 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Bi3)Belgium • Belgian • abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
2. (bi3)(particle used for comparison and "-er than") • to compare • to contrast • to gesture (with hands) • ratio
3. (bi4)to associate with • to be near

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (bi3)The component is pronounced as '' (bi3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (bi3)The component is pronounced as '' (bi4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
3. Pronunciation clue for (bi4)The component is pronounced as '' (bi3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
4. Pronunciation clue for (bi4)The component is pronounced as '' (bi4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

比如 
比赛 (比賽)
比较 (比較)
无比 (無比)
相比 

Uncommon

利比亚 (利比亞)
加勒比 
加勒比海 
反比 
哥伦比亚 (哥倫比亞)
寿比南山 (壽比南山)
好比 
对比 (對比)
性价比 (性價比)
攀比 
正比 
比亚迪 (比亞迪)
比例 
比价 (比價)
比分 
比利 
比利时 (比利時)
比划 (比劃)
比喻 
比基尼 
比对 (比對)
比拟 (比擬)
比方 
比特 
比翼 
比萨 (比薩)
比试 (比試)
比起 
比邻 (比鄰)
比重 
无与伦比 (無與倫比)
芭比 
莎士比亚 (莎士比亞)
评比 (評比)

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  • 420th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 431 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
twoNo glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ya4)Asia • Asian • second • next to • inferior • sub- • Taiwan pr. [ya3]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

三亚 (三亞)
亚历山大 (亞歷山大)
亚洲 (亞洲)
亚当 (亞當)
亚军 (亞軍)
亚马逊 (亞馬遜)
利比亚 (利比亞)
东北亚 (東北亞)
澳大利亚 (澳大利亞)
炎亚纶 (炎亞綸)
维多利亚 (維多利亞)
诺亚 (諾亞)
诺基亚 (諾基亞)
马来西亚 (馬來西亞)

Uncommon

三亚市 (三亞市)
不亚于 (不亞於)
中亚 (中亞)
亚丁 (亞丁)
亚伯拉罕 (亞伯拉罕)
亚伦 (亞倫)
亚利桑那 (亞利桑那)
亚利桑那州 (亞利桑那州)
亚太 (亞太)
亚太区 (亞太區)
亚热带 (亞熱帶)
亚特兰大 (亞特蘭大)
亚瑟 (亞瑟)
亚瑟王 (亞瑟王)
亚当斯 (亞當斯)
亚的斯亚贝巴 (亞的斯亞貝巴)
亚硝酸盐 (亞硝酸鹽)
亚细亚 (亞細亞)
亚美尼亚 (亞美尼亞)
亚裔 (亞裔)
亚运 (亞運)
亚运会 (亞運會)
亚运村 (亞運村)
亚里士多德 (亞里士多德)
亚麻 (亞麻)
亚龙湾 (亞龍灣)
保加利亚 (保加利亞)
克罗地亚 (克羅地亞)
利比里亚 (利比里亞)
加利福尼亚 (加利福尼亞)
加利福尼亚州 (加利福尼亞州)
加泰罗尼亚 (加泰羅尼亞)
南亚 (南亞)
博洛尼亚 (博洛尼亞)
印度尼西亚 (印度尼西亞)
哥伦比亚 (哥倫比亞)
坦桑尼亚 (坦桑尼亞)
埃塞俄比亚 (埃塞俄比亞)
塞尔维亚 (塞爾維亞)
塞维利亚 (塞維利亞)
大亚湾 (大亞灣)
尼日利亚 (尼日利亞)
几内亚 (幾內亞)
叙利亚 (敘利亞)
斯洛文尼亚 (斯洛文尼亞)
李亚鹏 (李亞鵬)
东亚 (東亞)
东南亚 (東南亞)
格鲁吉亚 (格魯吉亞)
欧亚 (歐亞)
比亚迪 (比亞迪)
波西米亚 (波西米亞)
热那亚 (熱那亞)
玻利维亚 (玻利維亞)
玛利亚 (瑪利亞)
玛丽亚 (瑪麗亞)
纳尼亚 (納尼亞)
索菲亚 (索菲亞)
维多利亚港 (維多利亞港)
罗马尼亚 (羅馬尼亞)
美索不达米亚 (美索不達米亞)
圣地亚哥 (聖地亞哥)
肯尼亚 (肯尼亞)
莎士比亚 (莎士比亞)
菲亚特 (菲亞特)
西亚 (西亞)
西伯利亚 (西伯利亞)
宾夕法尼亚 (賓夕法尼亞)
宾夕法尼亚州 (賓夕法尼亞州)
赞比亚 (贊比亞)
起亚 (起亞)
阿尔及利亚 (阿爾及利亞)
阿尔巴尼亚 (阿爾巴尼亞)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.