1. 方
  2. 兴
  3. 未
  4. 艾

方

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  • 60th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.25% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 334 words
  • Component in 86 characters

Decomposition

1Once
方→
亠No glyph available
2Radical
方→
方square/raft
3Graphical
方→
一丶丿㇆

Pinyin & Meaning

1. fāng (Fang1)surname Fang
2. fāng (fang1)square • power or involution (mathematics) • upright • honest • fair and square • direction • side • party (to a contract, dispute etc) • place • method • prescription (medicine) • just when • only or just • classifier for square things • abbr. for square or cubic meter

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 方 fāng (fang1)The component 方 is pronounced as 'fāng' (fang1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Appears In

方 also appears in:
方放房防族施游激旅旁访仿旋旗芳缴邀妨膀於璇愣纺镑坊榜傍敷簇磅肪楞谤彷淤漩螃瘀旌滂舫檄旖鲂旎阏菸旃枋雱旆嗾耪镞蝣敫钫蒡膂旒旄徼竅塄邊鳑镟鷟趽邡遊蔟髣訪鍦眆葹鰟艕覈繳縼礉薂蔙箷

Example Words

Common

地方 
官方 
对方 (對方)
方便 
方向 
方式 
方法 
方面 
东方 (東方)

Uncommon

下方 
何方 
偏方 
全方位 
前方 
北方 
南方 
大方 
天各一方 
女方 
平方公里 
平方米 
方便面 (方便麵)
方向盘 (方向盤)
方圆 (方圓)
方块 (方塊)
方案 
方程式 
方糖 
方舟 
方言 
次方 
秘方 (祕方)
立方 
西方 
警方 
远方 (遠方)
配方 
双方 (雙方)
魔方 

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兴

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  • 531st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 179 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
兴→
No glyph available八
2Radical
兴→
⺍small一one八eight/divide
3Graphical
兴→
⺍一八

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xīng (Xing1)surname Xing
2. xīng (xing1)to rise • to flourish • to become popular • to start • to encourage • to get up • (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (topolect) • maybe (topolect)
3. xìng (xing4)feeling or desire to do sth • interest in sth • excitement

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

兴 also appears in:
举誉

Example Words

Common

兴奋 (興奮)
兴趣 (興趣)
高兴 (高興)

Uncommon

中兴 (中興)
助兴 (助興)
即兴 (即興)
嘉兴 (嘉興)
大兴 (大興)
宜兴 (宜興)
家和万事兴 (家和萬事興)
复兴 (復興)
感兴趣 (感興趣)
振兴 (振興)
扫兴 (掃興)
新兴 (新興)
尽兴 (盡興)
绍兴 (紹興)
兴国 (興國)
兴奋剂 (興奮劑)
兴宁 (興寧)
兴旺 (興旺)
兴业 (興業)
兴冲冲 (興沖沖)
兴致 (興致)
兴致勃勃 (興致勃勃)
兴许 (興許)
兴起 (興起)
兴隆 (興隆)
兴高采烈 (興高采烈)
长兴 (長興)
高高兴兴 (高高興興)

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未

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  • 385th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 126 words
  • Component in 10 characters

Decomposition

1Once
未→
木一
2Radical
未→
木tree一one
3Graphical
未→
一丨八一

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wèi (wei4)not yet • did not • have not • not • 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

未 also appears in:
来味朱妹昧魅苿跊祙鮇

Example Words

Common

未来 (未來)

Uncommon

前所未有 
从未 (從未)
意犹未尽 (意猶未盡)
未免 
未尝 (未嘗)
未央 
未婚 
未婚妻 
未必 
未成年人 
未知 
未知数 (未知數)
未解 

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艾

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  • 1289th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 73 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
艾→
艹乂
2Radical
艾→
艹grass乂N/A
3Graphical
艾→
艹乂

Pinyin & Meaning

1. ài (Ai4)surname Ai
2. ài (ai4)Chinese mugwort or wormwood • to stop or cut short • phonetic "ai" or "i" • abbr. for 艾滋病[ai4 zi1 bing4], AIDS
3. yì (yi4)to mow • to cut • to reap • to redress

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 艾 ài (ai4)The component 乂 is pronounced as 'yì' (yi4). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for 艾 yì (yi4)The component 乂 is pronounced as 'yì' (yi4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Appears In

艾 also appears in:
哎砹鴱餀

Example Words

Common

自怨自艾 
艾滋 
艾滋病 

Uncommon

布宜诺斯艾利斯 (布宜諾斯艾利斯)
方兴未艾 (方興未艾)
艾哈迈迪内贾德 (艾哈邁迪內賈德)
艾未未 
艾条 (艾條)
艾森豪威尔 (艾森豪威爾)
艾灸 
艾美奖 (艾美獎)
艾草 
艾叶 (艾葉)
艾迪 
艾青 
苦艾 
苦艾酒 
防艾 

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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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