• 622nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 149 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.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

助威 
夏威夷 
威力 
威尼斯 
威武 
威胁 (威脅)
权威 (權威)

Uncommon

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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  • 372nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 238 words
  • Component in 137 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shì (Shi4)surname Shi
2. shì (shi4)member of the senior ministerial class (old) • scholar (old) • bachelor • honorific • first class military rank • specialist worker

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as 'shì' (shi4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

人士 
博士 
士兵 
女士 
战士 (戰士)
瑞士 
男士 
的士 
绅士 (紳士)
护士 (護士)

Uncommon

侠士 (俠士)
力士 
勇士 
博士后 (博士後)
哈士奇 
士气 (士氣)
壮士 (壯士)
大力士 
威士忌 
富士 
富士山 
富士康 
巴士 
巴士站 
招贤纳士 (招賢納士)
武士 
波士顿 (波士頓)
烈士 
爵士 
硕士 (碩士)
芝士 
莎士比亚 (莎士比亞)
卫士 (衛士)
贴士 (貼士)
迪士尼 
道士 
院士 
隐士 (隱士)
雅士 
骑士 (騎士)
斗士 (鬥士)
斗牛士 (鬥牛士)

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  • 1919th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 31 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
𠁼

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ji4)to be jealous of • fear • dread • scruple • to avoid or abstain from • to quit • to give up sth

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ji4)The component is pronounced as '' (ji3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

禁忌 

Uncommon

切忌 
妒忌 
威士忌 
忌口 
忌妒 
忌讳 (忌諱)
猜忌 
童言无忌 (童言無忌)
肆无忌惮 (肆無忌憚)
顾忌 (顧忌)

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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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