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

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tiān (tian1)day • sky • heaven

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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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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  • 52nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.28% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 448 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dào (dao4)direction • way • road • path • principle • truth • morality • reason • skill • method • Dao (of Daoism) • to say • to speak • to talk • classifier for long thin stretches, rivers, roads etc • province (of Korea do 도, and formerly Japan dō) • CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

知道 

Uncommon

出道 
北海道 
厚道 
同道 
味道 
问道 (問道)
国道 (國道)
地道 
报道 (報道)
大道 
小道 
微不足道 
志同道合 
有道 
正道 
渠道 
王道 
肠道 (腸道)
街道 
说道 (說道)
车道 (車道)
轨道 (軌道)
通道 
道具 
道别 (道別)
道德 
道歉 
道理 
道路 
隧道 
难道 (難道)
霸道 
频道 (頻道)

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  • 2002nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 24 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chóu (chou2)to entertain • to repay • to return • to reward • to compensate

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for chóu (chou2)The component is pronounced as 'zhōu' (zhou1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for chóu (chou2)The component is pronounced as 'yǒu' (you3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

应酬 (應酬)
酬宾 (酬賓)

Uncommon

报酬 (報酬)
天道酬勤 
薪酬 
酬劳 (酬勞)
酬谢 (酬謝)

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  • 1563rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 66 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qín (qin2)diligent • industrious • hardworking • frequent • regular • constant

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for qín (qin2)The component is pronounced as 'jǐn' (jin3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

勤劳 (勤勞)
勤奋 (勤奮)
勤快 
辛勤 

Uncommon

全勤 
勤俭 (勤儉)
勤力 
勤勉 
勤勤恳恳 (勤勤懇懇)
执勤 (執勤)
天道酬勤 
后勤 (後勤)
殷勤 
考勤 
通勤 

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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.