• 1784th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 52 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xié (xie2)inclined • slanting • oblique • tilting

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for xié (xie2)The component is pronounced as 'xiǎo' (xiao3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

倾斜 (傾斜)
斜眼 
斜阳 (斜陽)

Uncommon

斜倚 
斜坡 
斜塔 
斜杠 (斜槓)
斜睨 
斜线 (斜線)
斜视 (斜視)
斜边 (斜邊)
斜靠 
斜面 
横斜 (橫斜)
歪斜 

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  • 316th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 198 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. biān (bian1)side • edge • margin • border • boundary • CL:個|个[ge4] • simultaneously
2. bian (bian5)suffix of a noun of locality

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

一边 (一邊)
周边 (周邊)
旁边 (旁邊)
身边 (身邊)

Uncommon

右边 (右邊)
外边 (外邊)
天边 (天邊)
左边 (左邊)
床边 (床邊)
后边 (後邊)
东边 (東邊)
江边 (江邊)
河边 (河邊)
海边 (海邊)
湖边 (湖邊)
无边 (無邊)
花边 (花邊)
里边 (裡邊)
西边 (西邊)
路边 (路邊)
这边 (這邊)
边儿 (邊兒)
边境 (邊境)
边度 (邊度)
边界 (邊界)
边缘 (邊緣)
边际 (邊際)
那边 (那邊)
靠边 (靠邊)

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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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