• 893rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 77 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. sōng (Song1)surname Song
2. sōng (song1)pine • CL:棵[ke1]
3. sōng (song1)loose • to loosen • to relax

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for sōng (song1)The component is pronounced as 'gōng' (gong1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for sōng (song1)The component is pronounced as '' (si1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

放松 (放鬆)
 
轻松 (輕鬆)

Medium Frequency

宽松 (寬鬆)
松下 
松仁 
松江 
松花江 
松花蛋 
松露 
松鼠 
武松 
疏松 (疏鬆)
绿松石 (綠松石)
肉松 (肉鬆)
蓬松 (蓬鬆)
马拉松 (馬拉松)
松动 (鬆動)
松垮 (鬆垮)
松弛 (鬆弛)
松懈 (鬆懈)
松手 (鬆手)
松散 (鬆散)
松糕 (鬆糕)
松软 (鬆軟)
松开 (鬆開)
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  • 42nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.32% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 255 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xià (xia4)down • downwards • below • lower • later • next (week etc) • second (of two parts) • to decline • to go down • to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

一下 
 
下午 
下载 (下載)
天下 

Medium Frequency

一下子 
上下 
下来 (下來)
下去 
下手 
下班 
下车 (下車)
下辈子 (下輩子)
下酒 
下降 
下雨 
下雪 
下面 
之下 
以下 
倒下 
剩下 
地下 
如下 
写下 (寫下)
底下 
拿下 
接下来 (接下來)
放下 
旗下 
楼下 (樓下)
留下 
当下 (當下)
落下 
许下 (許下)
躺下 
这下 (這下)
乡下 (鄉下)
零下 
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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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