• 2009th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 35 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. āi (ai1)in order • in sequence • close to • adjacent to
2. ái (ai2)to suffer • to endure • to pull through (hard times) • to delay • to stall • to play for time • to dawdle

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for āi (ai1)The component is pronounced as '' (yi3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for āi (ai1)The component is pronounced as '' (si1). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for āi (ai1)The component is pronounced as 'shǐ' (shi3). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for ái (ai2)The component is pronounced as '' (yi3). It has the same pinyin final.
5. Pronunciation clue for ái (ai2)The component is pronounced as '' (si1). It has the same pinyin final.
6. Pronunciation clue for ái (ai2)The component is pronounced as 'shǐ' (shi3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

挨骂 (挨罵)
挨饿 (挨餓)

Uncommon

挨家 
挨家挨户 (挨家挨戶)
挨打 
挨批 
挨揍 

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  • 1908th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 15 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. è (e4)to be hungry • hungry

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

饿死 (餓死)

Uncommon

挨饿 (挨餓)
饥饿 (飢餓)
饿肚子 (餓肚子)

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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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