• 261st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 182 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhǐ (zhi3)finger • to point at or to • to indicate or refer to • to depend on • to count on • (of hair) to stand on end

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhǐ (zhi3)The component is pronounced as 'zhǐ' (zhi3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhǐ (zhi3)The component is pronounced as '' (bi3). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for zhǐ (zhi3)The component is pronounced as '' (ri4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

戒指 
手指 
指数 (指數)
指甲 

Uncommon

中指 
大拇指 
弹指 (彈指)
手指头 (手指頭)
拇指 
指令 
指出 
指南 
指向 
指定 
指导 (指導)
指尖 
指引 
指手画脚 (指手畫腳)
指指点点 (指指點點)
指控 
指挥 (指揮)
指教 
指日可待 
指望 
指标 (指標)
指甲油 
指示 
指纹 (指紋)
指责 (指責)
指路 
指针 (指針)
指头 (指頭)
指点 (指點)
无名指 (無名指)
股指 
食指 

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  • 143rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 440 words
  • Component in 353 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shǒu (shou3)hand • (formal) to hold • person engaged in certain types of work • person skilled in certain types of work • personal(ly) • convenient • CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shǒu (shou3)The component is pronounced as 'shǒu' (shou3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

分手 
射手 
射手座 
手机 (手機)
手气 (手氣)

Uncommon

一手 
上手 
下手 
二手 
二手房 
人手 
伸手 
凶手 (兇手)
入手 
出手 
到手 
助手 
动手 (動手)
右手 
对手 (對手)
左手 
帮手 (幫手)
手下 
手册 (手冊)
手动 (手動)
手势 (手勢)
手套 
手写 (手寫)
手工 
手心 
手指 
手掌 
手提包 
手段 
手法 
手稿 
手续 (手續)
手续费 (手續費)
手腕 
手脚 (手腳)
手臂 
手艺 (手藝)
手术 (手術)
手表 (手錶)
手链 (手鏈)
手镯 (手鐲)
手头 (手頭)
把手 
拉手 
招手 
拱手 
拿手 
措手不及 
握手 
挥手 (揮手)
抢手 (搶手)
携手 (攜手)
放手 
新手 
枪手 (槍手)
歌手 
杀手 (殺手)
洗手 
牵手 (牽手)
空手 
联手 (聯手)
能手 
举手 (舉手)
举手投足 (舉手投足)
着手 (著手)
亲手 (親手)
选手 (選手)
释手 (釋手)
随手 (隨手)
顺手 (順手)
高手 

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  • 522nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 78 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huá (hua2)to row • to paddle • to scratch a surface • profitable • worth (the effort) • it pays (to do sth)
2. huá (hua2)to scratch
3. huà (hua4)to delimit • to transfer • to assign • to differentiate • to mark off • to draw (a line) • to delete • stroke of a Chinese character

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

规划 (規劃)
计划 (計劃)

Uncommon

企划 (企劃)
出谋划策 (出謀劃策)
划破 
划算 
划船 
划过 (划過)
划伤 (劃傷)
划分 (劃分)
划痕 (劃痕)
比划 (比劃)
策划 (策劃)
筹划 (籌劃)
规划局 (規劃局)
谋划 (謀劃)

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  • 788th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 156 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiǎo (jiao3)foot • leg • base • kick • CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
2. jué (jue2)role

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiǎo (jiao3)The component is pronounced as 'jié' (jie2). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for jué (jue2)The component is pronounced as 'què' (que4). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for jué (jue2)The component is pronounced as 'yuè' (yue4). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for jué (jue2)The component is pronounced as 'jié' (jie2). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

小脚 (小腳)
手脚 (手腳)
脚印 (腳印)
脚尖 (腳尖)
脚步 (腳步)
脚趾 (腳趾)
脚踏实地 (腳踏實地)
脚踝 (腳踝)

Uncommon

三脚架 (三腳架)
光脚 (光腳)
动手动脚 (動手動腳)
合脚 (合腳)
垫脚 (墊腳)
垫脚石 (墊腳石)
大手大脚 (大手大腳)
大脚 (大腳)
山脚 (山腳)
手忙脚乱 (手忙腳亂)
抱佛脚 (抱佛腳)
拳打脚踢 (拳打腳踢)
拳脚 (拳腳)
指手划脚 (指手劃腳)
指手画脚 (指手畫腳)
歇脚 (歇腳)
笨手笨脚 (笨手笨腳)
绊脚石 (絆腳石)
脚下 (腳下)
脚丫子 (腳丫子)
脚底 (腳底)
脚掌 (腳掌)
脚本 (腳本)
脚板 (腳板)
脚气病 (腳氣病)
脚跟 (腳跟)
脚踏 (腳踏)
脚踏车 (腳踏車)
脚蹬 (腳蹬)
脚镣 (腳鐐)
腿脚 (腿腳)
落脚 (落腳)
注脚 (註腳)
赤脚 (赤腳)
赶脚 (趕腳)
跳脚 (跳腳)
踮脚 (踮腳)
蹩脚 (蹩腳)
蹑手蹑脚 (躡手躡腳)
双脚 (雙腳)
鸡脚 (雞腳)
头重脚轻 (頭重腳輕)
高脚杯 (高腳杯)

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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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