• 1124th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 46 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xià (Xia4)the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC • Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407-432) • surname Xia
2. xià (xia4)summer

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

High Frequency

 
夏天 

Medium Frequency

夏威夷 
夏娃 
夏季 
夏日 
夏河 
夏洛克 
宁夏 (寧夏)
盛夏 
华夏 (華夏)
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  • 622nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 75 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wēi (wei1)power • might • prestige

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

High Frequency

助威 
夏威夷 
威力 
威尼斯 
威武 
威胁 (威脅)
权威 (權威)

Medium Frequency

 
威信 
威仪 (威儀)
威严 (威嚴)
威士忌 
威廉 
威望 
威海 
威尔士 (威爾士)
威猛 
威逼 
威风 (威風)
挪威 
荣威 (榮威)
武威 
海明威 
淫威 
百威 
示威 
示威者 
科威特 
路易威登 
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  • 2332nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 13 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (yi2)non-Han people, esp. to the East of China • barbarians • to wipe out • to exterminate • to tear down • to raze

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

High Frequency

夏威夷 

Medium Frequency

匪夷所思 
 
武夷山 
鄙夷 
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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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