• 1280th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 65 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wěi (wei3)tail • remainder • remnant • extremity • sixth of the 28 constellations • classifier for fish
2. (yi3)horse's tail • pointed posterior section of a locust etc

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (yi3)The component is pronounced as 'shī' (shi1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

 
尾巴 
尾牙 
结尾 (結尾)

Medium Frequency

尾数 (尾數)
尾气 (尾氣)
尾声 (尾聲)
尾部 
尾随 (尾隨)
年尾 
从头到尾 (從頭到尾)
彻头彻尾 (徹頭徹尾)
收尾 
末尾 
汕尾 
畏首畏尾 
眼尾 
虎头蛇尾 (虎頭蛇尾)
鸡尾酒 (雞尾酒)
马尾 (馬尾)
马尾辫 (馬尾辮)
鱼尾 (魚尾)
鱼尾纹 (魚尾紋)
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  • 231st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 147 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shǔ (shu3)to count • to enumerate • to criticize (i.e. enumerate shortcomings)
2. shù (shu4)number • figure • several • CL:個|个[ge4]
3. shuò (shuo4)frequently • repeatedly

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shǔ (shu3)The component is pronounced as '' (ru3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for shǔ (shu3)The component is pronounced as '' (pu1). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for shù (shu4)The component is pronounced as '' (ru3). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for shù (shu4)The component is pronounced as '' (pu1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

人数 (人數)
倒数 (倒數)
多数 (多數)
大多数 (大多數)
指数 (指數)
 ()
数字 (數字)
数学 (數學)
数据 (數據)
数码 (數碼)
数量 (數量)
次数 (次數)
无数 (無數)

Medium Frequency

代数 (代數)
系数 (係數)
充数 (充數)
函数 (函數)
分数 (分數)
劫数 (劫數)
半数 (半數)
参数 (參數)
单数 (單數)
报数 (報數)
字数 (字數)
定数 (定數)
少数 (少數)
尾数 (尾數)
屈指可数 (屈指可數)
度数 (度數)
悉数 (悉數)
招数 (招數)
整数 (整數)
数不胜数 (數不勝數)
数值 (數值)
数字化 (數字化)
数学家 (數學家)
数据库 (數據庫)
数数 (數數)
数月 (數月)
数百 (數百)
数百万 (數百萬)
数目 (數目)
数万 (數萬)
数落 (數落)
数额 (數額)
未知数 (未知數)
岁数 (歲數)
凑数 (湊數)
票数 (票數)
算数 (算數)
细数 (細數)
绝大多数 (絕大多數)
总数 (總數)
着数 (著數)
补数 (補數)
变数 (變數)
负数 (負數)
点数 (點數)
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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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