• 1430th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 43 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhuàng (Zhuang4)Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group • Zhuang: Bouxcuengh
2. zhuàng (zhuang4)to strengthen • strong • robust

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

壮大 (壯大)
壮观 (壯觀)
强壮 (強壯)
理直气壮 (理直氣壯)
茁壮 (茁壯)

Uncommon

健壮 (健壯)
壮士 (壯士)
壮年 (壯年)
壮志 (壯志)
壮族 (壯族)
壮烈 (壯烈)
壮美 (壯美)
壮举 (壯舉)
壮丽 (壯麗)
悲壮 (悲壯)
气壮山河 (氣壯山河)
波澜壮阔 (波瀾壯闊)
粗壮 (粗壯)
老当益壮 (老當益壯)
豪言壮语 (豪言壯語)
雄壮 (雄壯)

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  • 151st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 301 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. měi (Mei3)the Americas • abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1] • USA • abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2]
2. měi (mei3)beautiful • very satisfactory • good • to be pleased with oneself

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

完美 
精美 
美人 
美国 (美國)
美女 
美好 
美食 
美丽 (美麗)

Uncommon

优美 (優美)
北美 
十全十美 
唯美 
审美 (審美)
爱美 (愛美)
凄美 (淒美)
甜美 
美人计 (美人計)
美元 
美化 
美味 
美国人 (美國人)
美妙 
美容 
美德 
美感 
美景 
美满 (美滿)
美白 
美眉 
美瞳 
美术 (美術)
美貌 
美军 (美軍)
美金 
臭美 
赞美 (讚美)
鲜美 (鮮美)

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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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