• 150th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 239 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhèng (zheng4)political • politics • government

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhèng (zheng4)The component is pronounced as 'zhēng' (zheng1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhèng (zheng4)The component is pronounced as 'zhèng' (zheng4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
3. Pronunciation clue for zhèng (zheng4)The component is pronounced as 'zhǐ' (zhi3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

政府 
政治 
政策 

Uncommon

执政 (執政)
执政党 (執政黨)
家政 
市政 
市政府 
市政厅 (市政廳)
廉政 
政务 (政務)
政协 (政協)
政委 
政客 
政局 
政权 (政權)
政治家 
政治局 
政法 
政绩 (政績)
政要 
政党 (政黨)
新政 
行政 
财政 (財政)
财政部 (財政部)
邮政 (郵政)
邮政局 (郵政局)
党政 (黨政)

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  • 274th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 337 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhì (zhi4)to rule • to govern • to manage • to control • to harness (a river) • cure • treatment • to heal

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhì (zhi4)The component is pronounced as '' (si1). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

政治 
治疗 (治療)
治愈 (治癒)
防治 

Uncommon

三明治 
不治 
不治之症 
人治 
同治 
乔治 (喬治)
专治 (專治)
惩治 (懲治)
政治学 (政治學)
政治家 
政治局 
救治 
整治 
明治 
根治 
没治 (沒治)
治国 (治國)
治好 
治学 (治學)
治安 
治本 
治理 
治病 
法治 
统治 (統治)
统治者 (統治者)
自治 
自治区 (自治區)
自治州 
自治县 (自治縣)
诊治 (診治)
医治 (醫治)
长治 (長治)
长治久安 (長治久安)
长治市 (長治市)
顺治 (順治)

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  • 483rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 152 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ju2)narrow
2. (ju2)office • situation • classifier for games: match, set, round etc

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

局长 (局長)
结局 (結局)
饭局 (飯局)
骗局 (騙局)

Uncommon

一局 
布局 (佈局)
局限 (侷限)
僵局 
全局 
公安局 
出局 
分局 
大局 
定局 
局势 (局勢)
局部 
局限于 (局限於)
局面 
平局 
政治局 
格局 
残局 (殘局)
气象局 (氣象局)
牌局 
环保局 (環保局)
当局 (當局)
税务局 (稅務局)
总局 (總局)
药局 (藥局)
药监局 (藥監局)
规划局 (規劃局)
警察局 
邮局 (郵局)
邮政局 (郵政局)
开局 (開局)

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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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