• 350th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 111 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gǎi (gai3)to change • to alter • to transform • to correct

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

改为 (改為)
改变 (改變)

Uncommon

修改 
改名 
改善 
改天 
改成 
改掉 
改正 
改版 
改用 
改编 (改編)
改良 
改装 (改裝)
改造 
改进 (改進)
改过 (改過)
改革 
更改 
发改委 (發改委)

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  • 78th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.22% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 622 words
  • Component in 10 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tiān (tian1)day • sky • heaven

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

今天 
天下 
天天 
天气 (天氣)
明天 
昨天 

Uncommon

上天 
中天 
倚天屠龙记 (倚天屠龍記)
冬天 
冷天 
前天 
半天 
夏天 
大闹天宫 (大鬧天宮)
天上 
天亮 
天使 
天台 
天后 
天呀 
天哪 
天国 (天國)
天地 
天堂 
天子 
天意 
天才 
天朝 
天河 
天津 
天涯 
天然 
天王 
天生 
天真 
天秤 
天秤座 
天空 
天蝎 (天蠍)
天蝎座 (天蠍座)
天赋 (天賦)
天长地久 (天長地久)
天鹅 (天鵝)
后天 (後天)
摩天 
整天 
星期天 
春天 
晴天 
欢天喜地 (歡天喜地)
漫天 
当天 (當天)
白天 
秋天 
老天 
老天爷 (老天爺)
聊天 
苍天 (蒼天)
蓝天 (藍天)
那天 
阴天 (陰天)
雨天 
青天 
飞天 (飛天)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.