1. 天
  2. 壤
  3. 之
  4. 別

天

Previous (定)Next (分)
  • 78th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.22% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 622 words
  • Component in 10 characters

Decomposition

1Once
天→
一大
2Radical
天→
一one大big
3Graphical
天→
一人一

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tiān (tian1)day • sky • heaven

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

天 also appears in:
关吴奏吞蚕昊癸忝祆龑

Example Words

Common

今天 
天下 
天天 
天气 (天氣)
明天 
昨天 

Uncommon

上天 
中天 
倚天屠龙记 (倚天屠龍記)
冬天 
冷天 
前天 
半天 
夏天 
大闹天宫 (大鬧天宮)
天上 
天亮 
天使 
天台 
天后 
天呀 
天哪 
天国 (天國)
天地 
天堂 
天子 
天意 
天才 
天朝 
天河 
天津 
天涯 
天然 
天王 
天生 
天真 
天秤 
天秤座 
天空 
天蝎 (天蠍)
天蝎座 (天蠍座)
天赋 (天賦)
天长地久 (天長地久)
天鹅 (天鵝)
后天 (後天)
摩天 
整天 
星期天 
春天 
晴天 
欢天喜地 (歡天喜地)
漫天 
当天 (當天)
白天 
秋天 
老天 
老天爷 (老天爺)
聊天 
苍天 (蒼天)
蓝天 (藍天)
那天 
阴天 (陰天)
雨天 
青天 
飞天 (飛天)

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壤

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Previous (桶)Next (糕)
  • 2407th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 14 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
壤→
土襄
2Radical
壤→
土earth衣clothes吅N/ANo glyph available二two一one
3Graphical
壤→
一丨一一丶㇒㇗冫吅丨二一

Pinyin & Meaning

1. rǎng (rang3)soil • earth

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

土壤 

Uncommon

天壤之别 (天壤之別)
平壤 
接壤 

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之

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Previous (自)Next (年)
  • 44th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.31% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 411 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
之→
𪜋㇝
2Radical
之→
王jade丶dot戈spear㇝N/A
3Graphical
之→
一一丨一丶戈㇝

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhī (zhi1)(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) • him • her • it

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 之 zhī (zhi1)The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhǔ' (zhu3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Appears In

之 also appears in:
乏芝

Example Words

Common

之一 
之中 
之前 
之外 
之后 (之後)
之间 (之間)
总之 (總之)

Uncommon

一家之主 
一臂之力 
三分之一 
不败之地 (不敗之地)
久而久之 
之上 
之下 
之内 (之內)
之所以 
之际 (之際)
之类 (之類)
加之 
反之 
取而代之 
四分之一 
天伦之乐 (天倫之樂)
持之以恒 (持之以恆)
挥之不去 (揮之不去)
当之无愧 (當之無愧)
百分之百 
总而言之 (總而言之)
自知之明 
身外之物 

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別

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Previous (更)Next (打)
  • 222nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 147 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
別→
No glyph available刂
2Radical
別→
口mouth丿bend㇆N/A刂knife
3Graphical
別→
口丿㇆亅丨

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bié (Bie2)surname Bie
2. bié (bie2)to leave • to depart • to separate • to distinguish • to classify • other • another • do not • must not • to pin
3. biè (bie4)to make sb change their ways, opinions etc

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 別 bié (bie2)The component 丿 is pronounced as 'piě' (pie3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for 別 biè (bie4)The component 丿 is pronounced as 'piě' (pie3). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

别人 (別人)
特别 (特別)

Uncommon

个别 (個別)
分别 (分別)
别墅 (別墅)
别有 (別有)
别的 (別的)
别致 (別緻)
别处 (別處)
别离 (別離)
区别 (區別)
告别 (告別)
差别 (差別)
性别 (性別)
惜别 (惜別)
有别 (有別)
级别 (級別)
识别 (識別)
道别 (道別)
离别 (離別)

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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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