• 194th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 384 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dōng (Dong1)surname Dong
2. dōng (dong1)east • host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) • landlord

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

东方 (東方)
东西 (東西)

Uncommon

中东 (中東)
丹东 (丹東)
各奔东西 (各奔東西)
安东尼 (安東尼)
山东 (山東)
山东省 (山東省)
广东 (廣東)
广东人 (廣東人)
广东省 (廣東省)
广东话 (廣東話)
惠东 (惠東)
房东 (房東)
东亚 (東亞)
东京 (東京)
东北 (東北)
东北亚 (東北亞)
东区 (東區)
东南 (東南)
东南亚 (東南亞)
东吴 (東吳)
东城 (東城)
东城区 (東城區)
东家 (東家)
东山 (東山)
东东 (東東)
东海 (東海)
东湖 (東湖)
东营 (東營)
东直门 (東直門)
东莞 (東莞)
东莞市 (東莞市)
东边 (東邊)
东部 (東部)
东阳 (東陽)
毛泽东 (毛澤東)
江东 (江東)
河东 (河東)
浦东 (浦東)
福如东海 (福如東海)
股东 (股東)
华东 (華東)
远东 (遠東)
关东 (關東)

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  • 255th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 163 words
  • Component in 8 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhí (Zhi2)surname Zhi • Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
2. zhí (zhi2)straight • to straighten • fair and reasonable • frank • straightforward • (indicates continuing motion or action) • vertical • vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhí (zhi2)The component is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhí (zhi2)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

一直 
直接 
直播 

Uncommon

正直 
直线 (直線)
直视 (直視)
直觉 (直覺)
直达 (直達)
简直 (簡直)

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  • 185th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 415 words
  • Component in 144 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. mén (Men2)surname Men
2. mén (men2)gate • door • CL:扇[shan4] • gateway • doorway • CL:個|个[ge4] • opening • valve • switch • way to do something • knack • family • house • (religious) sect • school (of thought) • class • category • phylum or division (taxonomy) • classifier for large guns • classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for mén (men2)The component is pronounced as 'mén' (men2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

出门 (出門)
嗓门 (嗓門)
大门 (大門)
家门 (家門)
专门 (專門)
厦门 (廈門)
敲门 (敲門)
澳门 (澳門)
热门 (熱門)
临门 (臨門)
部门 (部門)
门口 (門口)
开门 (開門)
开门红 (開門紅)
关门 (關門)
龙门 (龍門)

Uncommon

上门 (上門)
串门 (串門)
也门 (也門)
五花八门 (五花八門)
入门 (入門)
冷门 (冷門)
凯旋门 (凱旋門)
前门 (前門)
北门 (北門)
卡门 (卡門)
名门 (名門)
城门 (城門)
天安门 (天安門)
天门 (天門)
对门 (對門)
厦门市 (廈門市)
后门 (後門)
快门 (快門)
房门 (房門)
把门 (把門)
东直门 (東直門)
江门 (江門)
油门 (油門)
海门 (海門)
满门 (滿門)
球门 (球門)
登门 (登門)
石门 (石門)
破门 (破門)
窍门 (竅門)
肛门 (肛門)
脑门 (腦門)
荆门 (荊門)
虎门 (虎門)
西直门 (西直門)
西门 (西門)
西门子 (西門子)
豪门 (豪門)
车门 (車門)
进门 (進門)
过门 (過門)
远门 (遠門)
金门 (金門)
锁门 (鎖門)
门前 (門前)
门外 (門外)
门子 (門子)
门将 (門將)
门店 (門店)
门徒 (門徒)
门户 (門戶)
门框 (門框)
门槛 (門檻)
门派 (門派)
门牙 (門牙)
门神 (門神)
门票 (門票)
门卫 (門衛)
门诊 (門診)
门铃 (門鈴)
门锁 (門鎖)
门面 (門面)
闭门 (閉門)
阿门 (阿門)
鸿门宴 (鴻門宴)

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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.