1. 常
  2. 识

常

Previous (任)Next (先)
  • 187th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.11% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 70 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
常→
龸吊
2Radical
常→
⺌small冖cover口mouth巾turban/scarf
3Graphical
常→
丨丷冖口冂丨

Pinyin & Meaning

1. cháng (Chang2)surname Chang
2. cháng (chang2)always • ever • often • frequently • common • general • constant

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

常 also appears in:
嫦

Example Words

High Frequency

常 
正常 
经常 (經常)
非常 

Medium Frequency

家常 
寻常 (尋常)
常客 
常州 
常常 
常见 (常見)
常识 (常識)
平常 
往常 
日常 
时常 (時常)
无常 (無常)
照常 
异常 (異常)
通常 
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识

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Previous (让)Next (候)
  • 340th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 42 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
识→
讠只
2Radical
识→
讠speech口mouth八eight/divide
3Graphical
识→
㇊丶口八

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shí (shi2)to know • knowledge • Taiwan pr. [shi4]
2. zhì (zhi4)to record • to write a footnote

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 识 shí (shi2)The component 只 is pronounced as 'zhǐ' (zhi3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for 识 shí (shi2)The component 只 is pronounced as 'zhī' (zhi1). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for 识 zhì (zhi4)The component 只 is pronounced as 'zhǐ' (zhi3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
4. Pronunciation clue for 识 zhì (zhi4)The component 只 is pronounced as 'zhī' (zhi1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

High Frequency

意识 (意識)
标识 (標識)
知识 (知識)
认识 (認識)

Medium Frequency

共识 (共識)
学识 (學識)
常识 (常識)
潜意识 (潛意識)
相识 (相識)
结识 (結識)
胆识 (膽識)
见识 (見識)
识 (識)
识别 (識別)
识字 (識字)
识破 (識破)
赏识 (賞識)
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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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