• 1409th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 24 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhā (zha1)to prick • to run or stick (a needle etc) into • jug (a classifier for liquids such as beer)
2. zhá (zha2)penetrating (as of cold) • struggle
3. (za1)to tie • to bind • classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle • Taiwan pr. [zha2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhā (zha1)The component is pronounced as '' (ya4). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhá (zha2)The component is pronounced as '' (ya4). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for (za1)The component is pronounced as '' (ya4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 
挣扎 (掙扎)

Medium Frequency

包扎 
卡扎菲 
安营扎寨 (安營紮寨)
扎堆 
扎实 (扎實)
扎根 
扎针 (扎針)
扎营 (紮營)
结扎 (結扎)
莫扎特 
阿布扎比 
驻扎 (駐紮)
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  • 100th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.19% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 130 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shí (shi2)real • true • honest • really • solid • fruit • seed • definitely

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

事实 (事實)
其实 (其實)
实力 (實力)
实在 (實在)
实现 (實現)
现实 (現實)
真实 (真實)
确实 (確實)

Medium Frequency

不切实际 (不切實際)
充实 (充實)
务实 (務實)
厚实 (厚實)
名副其实 (名副其實)
 ()
实名制 (實名制)
实惠 (實惠)
实拍 (實拍)
实施 (實施)
实时 (實時)
实况 (實況)
实物 (實物)
实用 (實用)
实习 (實習)
实行 (實行)
实话 (實話)
实质 (實質)
实践 (實踐)
实际 (實際)
实际上 (實際上)
实验 (實驗)
实验室 (實驗室)
实体 (實體)
忠实 (忠實)
果实 (果實)
朴实 (樸實)
结实 (結實)
老实 (老實)
脚踏实地 (腳踏實地)
落实 (落實)
着实 (著實)
诚实 (誠實)
证实 (證實)
踏实 (踏實)
踏踏实实 (踏踏實實)
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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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