• 161st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.13% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 452 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xīn (Xin1)abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1] or Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]
2. xīn (xin1)new • newly • meso- (chemistry)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for xīn (xin1)The component is pronounced as 'qīn' (qin1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for xīn (xin1)The component is pronounced as 'xiǎo' (xiao3). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for xīn (xin1)The component is pronounced as 'jīn' (jin1). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

新年 
新浪 
更新 

Uncommon

全新 
刷新 
创新 (創新)
崭新 (嶄新)
新人 
新加坡 
新型 
新娘 
新婚 
新手 
新春 
新款 
新欢 (新歡)
新浪网 (新浪網)
新版 
新生 
新疆 
新禧 
新闻 (新聞)
新华 (新華)
新华网 (新華網)
新西兰 (新西蘭)
新郎 
新陈代谢 (新陳代謝)
新鲜 (新鮮)
最新 
清新 
蜡笔小新 (蠟筆小新)
迎新 
重新 

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  • 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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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.