1. 想
  2. 起

想

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  • 99th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.19% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 120 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
想→
相心
2Radical
想→
木tree目eye心heart
3Graphical
想→
一丨八口二𠁼㇃

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiǎng (xiang3)to think • to believe • to suppose • to wish • to want • to miss

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 想 xiǎng (xiang3)The component 相 is pronounced as 'xiāng' (xiang1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for 想 xiǎng (xiang3)The component 相 is pronounced as 'xiàng' (xiang4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
3. Pronunciation clue for 想 xiǎng (xiang3)The component 心 is pronounced as 'xīn' (xin1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

梦想 (夢想)
想到 
想想 
想要 
想起 

Uncommon

回想 
幻想 
心想 
思想 
想来 (想來)
想像 
想家 
想念 
想法 
想睡 
想象 
意想不到 
猜想 
理想 
联想 (聯想)
胡思乱想 (胡思亂想)

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起

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  • 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.
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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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