1. 寸
  2. 步
  3. 難
  4. 行

寸

Previous (柯)Next (扔)
  • 1901st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 26 words
  • Component in 156 characters

Decomposition

1Once
寸→
No glyph available丶
2Radical
寸→
寸thumb
3Graphical
寸→
𠂇亅丶

Pinyin & Meaning

1. cùn (cun4)a unit of length • inch • thumb

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 寸 cùn (cun4)The component 寸 is pronounced as 'cùn' (cun4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Appears In

寸 also appears in:
时对得过等特导持府待树射村守付讨封谢诗附寻博尊夺符耐薄碍腐遵寿慰筹冠侍傅寺寸辱爵涛咐尉厨俯搏膊祷蹲衬铸缚畴嚼簿忖肘橱峙蔚狩焘恃踌褥腑挝痔溥捋麝驸荨纣榭熨俦苻樽鲟怼虢礴浔耨缛鳟鲋跗澍蹰拊鳚轉锊葑謝薅锝鲥莳鄩撙溽討埒蓐赙霨袝埘髆爝诪酹镈礡祔邿蓴鐏酎詩蔣禱禣帱鏘籌糰秲鷷跱磚鑄蕁鱂蒄藯罇醻鑮穱譸蹡鄟紂繜脟蛶蟳軇荮蒪縛鱄

Example Words

Common

尺寸 

Uncommon

分寸 
寸步不离 (寸步不離)
寸步难行 (寸步難行)
方寸 
英寸 

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步

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Previous (风)Next (改)
  • 349th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 163 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
步→
止𣥂
2Radical
步→
止stop小small丿bend
3Graphical
步→
丨一丨一亅八丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bù (Bu4)surname Bu
2. bù (bu4)a step • a pace • walk • march • stages in a process

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

步 also appears in:
涉频陟頻踄

Example Words

Common

同步 
散步 
步步 
脚步 (腳步)
跑步 
进步 (進步)

Uncommon

初步 
地步 
大步 
徒步 
止步 
步伐 
步入 
步子 
步履 
步行 
步行者 
步行街 
步骤 (步驟)
漫步 
稳步 (穩步)
舞步 
让步 (讓步)
起步 
踏步 
退步 
逐步 
进一步 (進一步)

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難

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Previous (像)Next (且)
  • 295th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 212 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
難→
No glyph available隹
2Radical
難→
廿two hands/twenty口mouth丨line人human二two隹small bird
3Graphical
難→
卄一口丨人二㇒丨一二丨一丶

Pinyin & Meaning

1. nán (nan2)difficult (to...) • problem • difficulty • difficult • not good
2. nàn (nan4)disaster • distress • to scold

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 難 nán (nan2)The component 廿 is pronounced as 'niàn' (nian4). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for 難 nàn (nan4)The component 廿 is pronounced as 'niàn' (nian4). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

困难 (困難)
艰难 (艱難)
难以 (難以)
难受 (難受)
难得 (難得)
难忘 (難忘)
难过 (難過)
难道 (難道)

Uncommon

刁难 (刁難)
劫难 (劫難)
危难 (危難)
患难 (患難)
灾难 (災難)
为难 (為難)
磨难 (磨難)
苦难 (苦難)
遇难 (遇難)
难免 (難免)
难吃 (難吃)
难堪 (難堪)
难度 (難度)
难得一见 (難得一見)
难怪 (難怪)
难为 (難為)
难熬 (難熬)
难看 (難看)
难闻 (難聞)
难听 (難聽)
难处 (難處)
难关 (難關)
难题 (難題)

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行

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Previous (道)Next (所)
  • 53rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.27% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 555 words
  • Component in 26 characters

Decomposition

1Once
行→
彳亍
2Radical
行→
行go/do
3Graphical
行→
㇒丨二亅

Pinyin & Meaning

1. háng (hang2)a row • series • age order (of brothers) • profession • professional • relating to company
2. xíng (xing2)to walk • to go • to travel • a visit • temporary • makeshift • current • in circulation • to do • to perform • capable • competent • effective • all right • OK! • will do
3. xìng (xing4)behavior • conduct

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 行 háng (hang2)The component 行 is pronounced as 'háng' (hang2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for 行 xíng (xing2)The component 行 is pronounced as 'xíng' (xing2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
3. Pronunciation clue for 行 xíng (xing2)The component 行 is pronounced as 'xìng' (xing4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
4. Pronunciation clue for 行 xìng (xing4)The component 行 is pronounced as 'xíng' (xing2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
5. Pronunciation clue for 行 xìng (xing4)The component 行 is pronounced as 'xìng' (xing4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Appears In

行 also appears in:
行街衡衔衍衙衢愆珩桁術蘅衛鸻荇衖衝衒讏衟衕衘躛銜鴴绗

Example Words

Common

出行 
同行 
建行 
排行 
排行榜 
旅行 
横行 (橫行)
流行 
自行车 (自行車)
举行 (舉行)
行动 (行動)
行李 
行业 (行業)
行为 (行為)
行走 
进行 (進行)
银行 (銀行)

Uncommon

一行 
上行 
下行 
中行 
人行道 
例行 
修行 
先行 
分行 
可行 
执行 (執行)
夜行 
天马行空 (天馬行空)
央行 
实行 (實行)
履行 
工行 
平行 
平行线 (平行線)
强行 (強行)
德行 
成行 
推行 
支行 
改行 
放行 
旅行社 
步行 
步行者 
步行街 
滑行 
潜行 (潛行)
爬行 
特立独行 (特立獨行)
独行 (獨行)
现行 (現行)
发行 (發行)
盛行 
穿行 
绕行 (繞行)
自行 
航行 
行事 
行人 
行使 
行列 
行善 
行囊 
行好 
行家 
行尸走肉 (行屍走肉)
行情 
行政 
行星 
行李箱 
行程 
行者 
行装 (行裝)
行货 (行貨)
行贿 (行賄)
行路 
行踪 (行蹤)
行车 (行車)
行进 (行進)
行长 (行長)
行头 (行頭)
行驶 (行駛)
言行 
车行 (車行)
转行 (轉行)
送行 
逆行 
通行 
通行证 (通行證)
进行曲 (進行曲)
游行 (遊行)
运行 (運行)
远行 (遠行)
银行卡 (銀行卡)
银行家 (銀行家)
银行业 (銀行業)
闵行区 (閔行區)
随行 (隨行)
风行 (風行)
飞行 (飛行)
飞行员 (飛行員)

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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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