• 745th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 81 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shěn (shen3)to examine • to investigate • carefully • to try (in court)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shěn (shen3)The component is pronounced as 'shēn' (shen1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for shěn (shen3)The component is pronounced as 'shù' (shu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

审判 (審判)
审批 (審批)
审查 (審查)
审核 (審核)
审美 (審美)
审视 (審視)
审计 (審計)

Uncommon

一审 (一審)
初审 (初審)
受审 (受審)
审判长 (審判長)
审问 (審問)
审定 (審定)
审慎 (審慎)
审时度势 (審時度勢)
审理 (審理)
审美观 (審美觀)
审计署 (審計署)
审讯 (審訊)
审议 (審議)
庭审 (庭審)
复审 (復審)
政审 (政審)
终审 (終審)
评审 (評審)
评审团 (評審團)
重审 (重審)

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  • 826th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 211 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (he2)pit • stone • nucleus • nuclear • to examine • to check • to verify
2. (he2)to investigate

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (he2)The component is pronounced as 'hài' (hai4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

审核 (審核)
核心 
核桃 

Uncommon

内核 (內核)
复核 (復覈)
核准 
核动力 (核動力)
核反应堆 (核反應堆)
核定 
核实 (核實)
核弹 (核彈)
核弹头 (核彈頭)
核桃仁 
核武 
核武器 
核爆炸 
核算 
核能 
核辐射 (核輻射)
核酸 
核电 (核電)
核电站 (核電站)
结核 (結核)
考核 (考覈)
肺结核 (肺結核)
苹果核 (蘋果核)
核对 (覈對)
核查 (覈查)
双核 (雙核)

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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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