• 92nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.20% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 316 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. běn (ben3)roots or stems of plants • origin • source • this • the current • root • foundation • basis • classifier for books, periodicals, files etc • originally

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

原本 
基本 
日本 
本人 
本来 (本來)
本色 
本身 
根本 
版本 
赵本山 (趙本山)

Uncommon

副本 
剧本 (劇本)
基本上 
墨尔本 (墨爾本)
成本 
文本 
日本人 
书本 (書本)
本事 
本土 
本地 
本子 
本性 
本意 
本文 
本期 
本本 
本科 
本能 
本草 
本质 (本質)
本钱 (本錢)
本领 (本領)
标本 (標本)
笔记本 (筆記本)
亏本 (虧本)
课本 (課本)
资本 (資本)
资本主义 (資本主義)
赫本 

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  • 122nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.16% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 638 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xìng (xing4)nature • character • property • quality • attribute • sexuality • sex • gender • suffix forming adjective from verb • suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity • essence • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for xìng (xing4)The component is pronounced as 'xīn' (xin1). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

人性 
任性 
个性 (個性)
女性 
弹性 (彈性)
性感 
性格 
感性 
理性 
男性 
异性 (異性)
习惯性 (習慣性)

Uncommon

一次性 
中性 
代表性 
佛性 
个性化 (個性化)
先天性 
全国性 (全國性)
共性 
刺激性 
创造性 (創造性)
动物性 (動物性)
可能性 
同性 
同性恋 (同性戀)
品性 
天性 
女性化 
安全性 
定性 
实质性 (實質性)
属性 (屬性)
建设性 (建設性)
德性 
心性 
急性 
急性子 
性交 
性价比 (性價比)
性别 (性別)
性取向 
性命 
性器官 
性地 
性子 
性情 
性爱 (性愛)
性欲 (性慾)
性状 (性狀)
性生活 
性病 
性能 
性质 (性質)
性骚扰 (性騷擾)
悟性 
恶性 (惡性)
惰性 
慢性 
慢性病 
惯性 (慣性)
成性 
戏剧性 (戲劇性)
放射性 
敏感性 
本性 
本性难移 (本性難移)
历史性 (歷史性)
毒性 
活性 
流动性 (流動性)
特性 
生性 
异性恋 (異性戀)
病毒性 
真实性 (真實性)
确定性 (確定性)
磁性 
秉性 
积极性 (積極性)
稳定性 (穩定性)
索性 
综合性 (綜合性)
线性 (線性)
习性 (習性)
耐性 
良性 
记性 (記性)
变性 (變性)
象征性 (象徵性)
周期性 (週期性)
过敏性 (過敏性)
选择性 (選擇性)
酸性 
重要性 
野性 
针对性 (針對性)
阳性 (陽性)
阶段性 (階段性)
隐性 (隱性)
雄性 
雌性 
双性恋 (雙性戀)
灵性 (靈性)
韧性 (韌性)
显性 (顯性)
养性 (養性)
碱性 (鹼性)

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  • 295th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 212 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. nán (nan2)difficult (to...) • problem • difficulty • difficult • not good
2. nàn (nan4)disaster • distress • to scold

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

困难 (困難)
艰难 (艱難)
难以 (難以)
难受 (難受)
难得 (難得)
难忘 (難忘)
难过 (難過)
难道 (難道)

Uncommon

刁难 (刁難)
劫难 (劫難)
危难 (危難)
患难 (患難)
灾难 (災難)
为难 (為難)
磨难 (磨難)
苦难 (苦難)
遇难 (遇難)
难免 (難免)
难吃 (難吃)
难堪 (難堪)
难度 (難度)
难得一见 (難得一見)
难怪 (難怪)
难为 (難為)
难熬 (難熬)
难看 (難看)
难闻 (難聞)
难听 (難聽)
难处 (難處)
难关 (難關)
难题 (難題)

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  • 878th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 76 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (yi2)to move • to shift • to change • to alter • to remove

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

漂移 
移动 (移動)

Uncommon

坚定不移 (堅定不移)
推移 
本性难移 (本性難移)
潜移默化 (潛移默化)
移情 
移植 
移民 
移除 
转移 (轉移)
迁移 (遷移)

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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.