• 94th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.19% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 279 words
  • Component in 13 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. kāi (kai1)to open • to start • to turn on • to boil • to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) • to operate (vehicle) • abbr. for 開爾文|开尔文 degrees Kelvin

Pronunciation Clues

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Example Words

High Frequency

打开 (打開)
 ()
开始 (開始)
开心 (開心)
开门 (開門)
离开 (離開)

Medium Frequency

公开 (公開)
分开 (分開)
召开 (召開)
展开 (展開)
张开 (張開)
想开 (想開)
拆开 (拆開)
拉开 (拉開)
抛开 (拋開)
推开 (推開)
揭开 (揭開)
放开 (放開)
敞开 (敞開)
煮开 (煮開)
烧开 (燒開)
白开水 (白開水)
盛开 (盛開)
看开 (看開)
睁开 (睜開)
翻开 (翻開)
解开 (解開)
走开 (走開)
避开 (避開)
开动 (開動)
开口 (開口)
开启 (開啟)
开场 (開場)
开学 (開學)
开封 (開封)
开导 (開導)
开展 (開展)
开工 (開工)
开幕 (開幕)
开店 (開店)
开张 (開張)
开往 (開往)
开心果 (開心果)
开怀 (開懷)
开战 (開戰)
开放 (開放)
开会 (開會)
开朗 (開朗)
开业 (開業)
开枪 (開槍)
开机 (開機)
开水 (開水)
开火 (開火)
开灯 (開燈)
开玩笑 (開玩笑)
开发 (開發)
开发商 (開發商)
开盘 (開盤)
开端 (開端)
开胃 (開胃)
开台 (開臺)
开花 (開花)
开车 (開車)
开通 (開通)
开门红 (開門紅)
开间 (開間)
开阔 (開闊)
开关 (開關)
开头 (開頭)
开饭 (開飯)
松开 (鬆開)
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  • 47th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.30% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 293 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (fa1)to send out • to show (one's feeling) • to issue • to develop • classifier for gunshots (rounds)
2. (fa4)hair • Taiwan pr. [fa3]

Pronunciation Clues

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Example Words

High Frequency

出发 (出發)
恭喜发财 (恭喜發財)
 ()
发布 (發佈)
发展 (發展)
发现 (發現)
发生 (發生)
发表 (發表)
发起 (發起)
转发 (轉發)
头发 (頭髮)

Medium Frequency

假发 (假髮)
卷发 (卷髮)
启发 (啟發)
大润发 (大潤發)
引发 (引發)
打发 (打發)
批发 (批發)
散发 (散發)
染发 (染髮)
沙发 (沙發)
洗发水 (洗髮水)
激发 (激發)
爆发 (爆發)
理发 (理髮)
理发师 (理髮師)
理发店 (理髮店)
发布会 (發佈會)
发作 (發作)
发光 (發光)
发冷 (發冷)
发出 (發出)
发动 (發動)
发动机 (發動機)
发呆 (發呆)
发售 (發售)
发帖 (發帖)
发怒 (發怒)
发愁 (發愁)
发抖 (發抖)
发掘 (發掘)
发挥 (發揮)
发放 (發放)
发明 (發明)
发条 (發條)
发泄 (發洩)
发火 (發火)
发炎 (發炎)
发热 (發熱)
发烧 (發燒)
发疯 (發瘋)
发票 (發票)
发红 (發紅)
发给 (發給)
发声 (發聲)
发育 (發育)
发胖 (發胖)
发脾气 (發脾氣)
发自 (發自)
发芽 (發芽)
发行 (發行)
发觉 (發覺)
发言 (發言)
发言人 (發言人)
发誓 (發誓)
发财 (發財)
发货 (發貨)
发送 (發送)
发达 (發達)
发酵 (發酵)
发霉 (發霉)
发音 (發音)
发飙 (發飆)
白发 (白髮)
研发 (研發)
秀发 (秀髮)
突发 (突發)
美发 (美髮)
脱发 (脫髮)
补发 (補發)
越发 (越發)
金发 (金髮)
长发 (長髮)
开发 (開發)
开发商 (開發商)
颁发 (頒發)
首发 (首發)
发型 (髮型)
发型师 (髮型師)
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  • 402nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 109 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shāng (Shang1)the Shang dynasty, 16th to 11th century BC
2. shāng (shang1)commerce • to consult • quotient • 2nd note in pentatonic scale

Pronunciation Clues

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Example Words

High Frequency

商务 (商務)
商品 
商城 
商场 (商場)
商业 (商業)
情商 
智商 

Medium Frequency

代理商 
供应商 (供應商)
券商 
协商 (協商)
台商 
 
商丘 
商人 
商务部 (商務部)
商报 (商報)
商女 
商学院 (商學院)
商家 
商店 
商户 (商戶)
商会 (商會)
商业化 (商業化)
商标 (商標)
商机 (商機)
商界 
商铺 (商舖)
商贸 (商貿)
商量 
奸商 
工商 
厂商 (廠商)
批发商 (批發商)
招商 
经商 (經商)
经销商 (經銷商)
制造商 (製造商)
运营商 (運營商)
开发商 (開發商)
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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.