• 546th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 361 words
  • Component in 19 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
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3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Ba1)Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan) • abbr. for east Sichuan or Chongqing • surname Ba • abbr. for Palestine or Palestinian • abbr. for Pakistan
2. (ba1)to long for • to wish • to cling to • to stick to • sth that sticks • close to • next to • spread open • informal abbr. for bus 巴士 • bar (unit of pressure) • nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴, tail

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ba1)The component is pronounced as '' (ya4). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

下巴 
嘴巴 
大巴 
尾巴 
巴掌 
巴西 
巴黎 
星巴克 

Uncommon

中巴 
古巴 
哑巴 (啞巴)
多巴胺 
奥巴马 (奧巴馬)
巴不得 
巴厘岛 (巴厘島)
巴基斯坦 
巴塞罗那 (巴塞羅那)
巴士 
巴士站 
巴斯 
巴比伦 (巴比倫)
巴结 (巴結)
巴赫 
斯巴达 (斯巴達)
欧巴桑 (歐巴桑)
沙巴 
泥巴 
津巴布韦 (津巴布韋)
淋巴 
淋巴瘤 
毕尔巴鄂 (畢爾巴鄂)
眨巴 
眼巴巴 
结巴 (結巴)
结结巴巴 (結結巴巴)
乡巴佬 (鄉巴佬)
锅巴 (鍋巴)
阿里巴巴 
鸡巴 (雞巴)
黎巴嫩 

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  • 199th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 244 words
  • Component in 62 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Bi3)Belgium • Belgian • abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
2. (bi3)(particle used for comparison and "-er than") • to compare • to contrast • to gesture (with hands) • ratio
3. (bi4)to associate with • to be near

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (bi3)The component is pronounced as '' (bi3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (bi3)The component is pronounced as '' (bi4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
3. Pronunciation clue for (bi4)The component is pronounced as '' (bi3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
4. Pronunciation clue for (bi4)The component is pronounced as '' (bi4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

比如 
比赛 (比賽)
比较 (比較)
无比 (無比)
相比 

Uncommon

利比亚 (利比亞)
加勒比 
加勒比海 
反比 
哥伦比亚 (哥倫比亞)
寿比南山 (壽比南山)
好比 
对比 (對比)
性价比 (性價比)
攀比 
正比 
比亚迪 (比亞迪)
比例 
比价 (比價)
比分 
比利 
比利时 (比利時)
比划 (比劃)
比喻 
比基尼 
比对 (比對)
比拟 (比擬)
比方 
比特 
比翼 
比萨 (比薩)
比试 (比試)
比起 
比邻 (比鄰)
比重 
无与伦比 (無與倫比)
芭比 
莎士比亚 (莎士比亞)
评比 (評比)

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  • 968th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 97 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lún (lun2)human relationship • order • coherence

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for lún (lun2)The component is pronounced as 'lún' (lun2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

伦敦 (倫敦)
伦理 (倫理)
周杰伦 (周傑倫)

Uncommon

不伦不类 (不倫不類)
乱伦 (亂倫)
亚伦 (亞倫)
佛罗伦萨 (佛羅倫薩)
劳伦斯 (勞倫斯)
卡梅伦 (卡梅倫)
呼伦贝尔 (呼倫貝爾)
哥伦布 (哥倫布)
哥伦比亚 (哥倫比亞)
多伦多 (多倫多)
天伦 (天倫)
天伦之乐 (天倫之樂)
巴比伦 (巴比倫)
张伯伦 (張伯倫)
海伦 (海倫)
无与伦比 (無與倫比)
绝伦 (絕倫)
语无伦次 (語無倫次)
阿伦 (阿倫)

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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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