• 148th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 469 words
  • Component in 38 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wén (Wen2)surname Wen
2. wén (wen2)language • culture • writing • formal • literary • gentle • (old) classifier for coins • Kangxi radical 118

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for wén (wen2)The component is pronounced as 'wén' (wen2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

中文 
博文 
原文 
文化 
文字 
文章 
文艺 (文藝)
英文 

Uncommon

一文不值 
三文鱼 (三文魚)
人文 
作文 
全文 
天文 
天文馆 (天文館)
散文 
文人 
文件 
文具 
文学 (文學)
文凭 (文憑)
文摘 
文昌 
文明 
文本 
文档 (文檔)
文物 
文献 (文獻)
文盲 
文科 
文笔 (文筆)
文言文 
文采 
文静 (文靜)
文革 
斯文 
日文 
本文 
蔡英文 
语文 (語文)
课文 (課文)
论文 (論文)
达尔文 (達爾文)
铭文 (銘文)
韩文 (韓文)

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  • 66th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 876 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xué (xue2)to learn • to study • science • -ology

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

上学 (上學)
中学 (中學)
化学 (化學)
同学 (同學)
大学 (大學)
大学生 (大學生)
学妹 (學妹)
学会 (學會)
学期 (學期)
学校 (學校)
学生 (學生)
学习 (學習)
学院 (學院)
小学 (小學)
数学 (數學)
科学 (科學)
开学 (開學)

Uncommon

中学生 (中學生)
佛学 (佛學)
光学 (光學)
入学 (入學)
初学者 (初學者)
力学 (力學)
博学 (博學)
哲学 (哲學)
哲学家 (哲學家)
商学院 (商學院)
国学 (國學)
好学 (好學)
学位 (學位)
学分 (學分)
学名 (學名)
学员 (學員)
学问 (學問)
学园 (學園)
学堂 (學堂)
学坏 (學壞)
学好 (學好)
学姐 (學姐)
学子 (學子)
学年 (學年)
学弟 (學弟)
学徒 (學徒)
学时 (學時)
学业 (學業)
学业有成 (學業有成)
学历 (學歷)
学生会 (學生會)
学生证 (學生證)
学科 (學科)
学者 (學者)
学术 (學術)
学说 (學說)
学识 (學識)
学费 (學費)
学长 (學長)
小学生 (小學生)
张学友 (張學友)
心理学 (心理學)
心理学家 (心理學家)
放学 (放學)
放学后 (放學後)
教学 (教學)
教学楼 (教學樓)
散学 (散學)
文学 (文學)
求学 (求學)
法学 (法學)
奖学金 (獎學金)
留学 (留學)
留学生 (留學生)
社会学 (社會學)
科学家 (科學家)
科学院 (科學院)
管理学 (管理學)
统计学 (統計學)
经济学 (經濟學)
经济学家 (經濟學家)
美学 (美學)
自学 (自學)
转学 (轉學)
退学 (退學)
医学 (醫學)
医学院 (醫學院)

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  • 456th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 136 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shǐ (Shi3)surname Shi
2. shǐ (shi3)history • annals • title of an official historian in ancient China

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shǐ (shi3)The component is pronounced as 'shù' (shu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for shǐ (shi3)The component is pronounced as '' (yi4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

史上 
历史 (歷史)

Uncommon

史册 (史冊)
史前 
史密斯 
史实 (史實)
史料 
史书 (史書)
史无前例 (史無前例)
史记 (史記)
史诗 (史詩)
史诗般 (史詩般)
文学史 (文學史)
有史以来 (有史以來)
历史学家 (歷史學家)
历史性 (歷史性)
病史 
简史 (簡史)
罗曼史 (羅曼史)
近代史 
野史 

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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.