1. 引
  2. 起

引

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  • 479th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 110 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
引→
弓丨
2Radical
引→
弓bow丨line
3Graphical
引→
匚㇉丨

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yǐn (yin3)to draw (e.g. a bow) • to pull • to stretch sth • to extend • to lengthen • to involve or implicate in • to attract • to lead • to guide • to leave • to provide evidence or justification for • old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang1], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

引 also appears in:
蚓吲矧粌紖靷

Example Words

Common

吸引 
吸引力 
引力 
引起 

Uncommon

勾引 
引入 
引导 (引導)
引擎 
引爆 
引用 
引发 (引發)
引诱 (引誘)
引进 (引進)
引领 (引領)
指引 

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起

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Previous (面)Next (看)
  • 75th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.22% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 247 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
起→
走己
2Radical
起→
走run己oneself
3Graphical
起→
一丨一龰匚乚

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qǐ (qi3)to rise • to raise • to get up • to set out • to start • to appear • to launch • to initiate (action) • to draft • to establish • to get (from a depot or counter) • verb suffix, to start • (before place or time) starting from • classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance • classifier for groups: batch, group

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 起 qǐ (qi3)The component 己 is pronounced as 'jǐ' (ji3). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

一起 
在一起 
发起 (發起)
起来 (起來)
起床 

Uncommon

了不起 
升起 
对不起 (對不起)
引起 
想起 
拿起 
提起 
早起 
比起 
说起 (說起)
起伏 
起码 (起碼)
起身 
起飞 (起飛)
起点 (起點)

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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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