• 244th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 76 words
  • Component in 9 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiàn (jian4)to establish • to found • to set up • to build • to construct

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

建筑 (建築)
建设 (建設)
建议 (建議)
建造 
扩建 (擴建)

Medium Frequency

创建 (創建)
封建 
 
建国 (建國)
建成 
建立 
建筑师 (建築師)
建筑物 (建築物)
建行 
搭建 
新建 
构建 (構建)
福建 
组建 (組建)
重建 
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  • 1128th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 10 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhù (zhu4)to build • to construct • to ram • to hit • Taiwan pr. [zhu2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhù (zhu4)The component is pronounced as 'zhǔ' (zhu3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhù (zhu4)The component is pronounced as '' (mu4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

High Frequency

建筑 (建築)

Medium Frequency

建筑师 (建築師)
建筑物 (建築物)
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  • 142nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.15% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 173 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
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3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (wu4)thing • object • matter • abbr. for physics 物理

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (wu4)The component is pronounced as '' (wu4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

事物 
人物 
动物 (動物)
宠物 (寵物)
植物 
 
物质 (物質)
生物 
礼物 (禮物)
购物 (購物)
食物 

Medium Frequency

价廉物美 (價廉物美)
利物浦 
动物园 (動物園)
动物性 (動物性)
化合物 
博物院 
博物馆 (博物館)
吉祥物 
实物 (實物)
宝物 (寶物)
尤物 
废物 (廢物)
建筑物 (建築物)
微生物 
怪物 
文物 
景物 
植物人 
植物园 (植物園)
植物油 
混合物 
无物 (無物)
物以类聚 (物以類聚)
物件 
物价 (物價)
物品 
物业 (物業)
物欲 
物流 
物理 
物种 (物種)
物美价廉 (物美價廉)
物色 
物资 (物資)
物体 (物體)
猎物 (獵物)
生物钟 (生物鐘)
产物 (產物)
矿物 (礦物)
矿物质 (礦物質)
谷物 (穀物)
致癌物 
旧物 (舊物)
万物 (萬物)
药物 (藥物)
衣物 
读物 (讀物)
财物 (財物)
货物 (貨物)
购物券 (購物券)
购物袋 (購物袋)
购物车 (購物車)
身外之物 
重物 
杂物 (雜物)
饰物 (飾物)
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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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