• 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.
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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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  • 949th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 69 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ze2)pool • pond • (of metals etc) lustre • favor or beneficence • damp • moist

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

光泽 (光澤)
毛泽东 (毛澤東)
润泽 (潤澤)
色泽 (色澤)

Uncommon

新泽西 (新澤西)
李泽楷 (李澤楷)
江泽民 (江澤民)
沼泽 (沼澤)
福泽 (福澤)
菏泽 (菏澤)
丰泽 (豐澤)
迎泽 (迎澤)
黑泽明 (黑澤明)

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西

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  • 167th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.13% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 548 words
  • Component in 75 characters

Decomposition

1Once
西
2Radical
西
3Graphical
西
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Xi1)the West • abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2] • Spanish
2. (xi1)west

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 西 (xi1)The component 西 is pronounced as '' (xi1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

东西 (東西)
西安 
西游记 (西遊記)

Uncommon

中西 
切尔西 (切爾西)
卡西欧 (卡西歐)
印度尼西亚 (印度尼西亞)
可可西里 
各奔东西 (各奔東西)
墨西哥 
大西洋 
山西 
山西省 
巴西 
广西 (廣西)
新西兰 (新西蘭)
江西 
江西省 
河西 
湘西 
范特西 
莱西 (萊西)
西伯利亚 (西伯利亞)
西北 
西北部 
西区 (西區)
西南 
西南部 
西单 (西單)
西城区 (西城區)
西域 
西天 
西安市 
西宁 (西寧)
西式 
西方 
西方人 
西施 
西昌 
西服 
西柚 
西江 
西洋 
西湖 
西湖区 (西湖區)
西汉 (西漢)
西班牙 
西班牙语 (西班牙語)
西瓜 
西皮 
西直门 (西直門)
西米 
西红柿 (西紅柿)
西芹 
西葫芦 (西葫蘆)
西藏 
西兰花 (西蘭花)
西装 (西裝)
西西 
西辽 (西遼)
西边 (西邊)
西部 
西医 (西醫)
西门 (西門)
西门子 (西門子)
西雅图 (西雅圖)
西双版纳 (西雙版納)
西餐 
西点 (西點)
陕西 (陝西)
陕西省 (陝西省)
马来西亚 (馬來西亞)

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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.