• 872nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 99 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qiāng (Qiang1)surname Qiang
2. qiāng (qiang1)gun • firearm • rifle • spear • thing with shape or function similar to a gun • CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3],杆[gan3],條|条[tiao2],枝[zhi1] • to substitute for another person in a test • to knock • classifier for rifle shots

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

手枪 (手槍)
枪口 (槍口)
枪战 (槍戰)
枪手 (槍手)
枪击 (槍擊)
枪击案 (槍擊案)
枪毙 (槍斃)
机枪 (機槍)
金枪鱼 (金槍魚)
开枪 (開槍)

Uncommon

中枪 (中槍)
冷枪 (冷槍)
刀枪 (刀槍)
唇枪舌剑 (唇槍舌劍)
单枪匹马 (單槍匹馬)
打枪 (打槍)
枪崩 (槍崩)
枪支 (槍支)
枪杆子 (槍桿子)
枪械 (槍械)
枪杀 (槍殺)
枪决 (槍決)
枪法 (槍法)
枪版 (槍版)
枪炮 (槍砲)
枪声 (槍聲)
机关枪 (機關槍)
步枪 (步槍)
水枪 (水槍)
火枪 (火槍)
火枪手 (火槍手)
烟枪 (煙槍)
猎枪 (獵槍)
真刀真枪 (真刀真槍)
荷枪实弹 (荷槍實彈)
冲锋枪 (衝鋒槍)
长枪 (長槍)
鸣枪 (鳴槍)

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  • 195th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 255 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shēng (sheng1)sound • voice • tone • noise • classifier for sounds

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shēng (sheng1)The component is pronounced as 'shì' (shi4). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for shēng (sheng1)The component is pronounced as 'shū' (shu1). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for shēng (sheng1)The component is pronounced as 'shù' (shu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

大声 (大聲)
心声 (心聲)
掌声 (掌聲)
歌声 (歌聲)
相声 (相聲)
声音 (聲音)
鞭炮声 (鞭砲聲)
风声 (風聲)

Uncommon

一声不吭 (一聲不吭)
不动声色 (不動聲色)
低声 (低聲)
传声筒 (傳聲筒)
出声 (出聲)
口口声声 (口口聲聲)
叫声 (叫聲)
名声 (名聲)
吭声 (吭聲)
吱声 (吱聲)
呼声 (呼聲)
和声 (和聲)
哭声 (哭聲)
唉声叹气 (唉聲嘆氣)
回声 (回聲)
小声 (小聲)
尾声 (尾聲)
忍气吞声 (忍氣吞聲)
应声 (應聲)
扬声器 (揚聲器)
放声 (放聲)
放声大哭 (放聲大哭)
枪声 (槍聲)
无声 (無聲)
无声无息 (無聲無息)
异口同声 (異口同聲)
发声 (發聲)
笑声 (笑聲)
声势 (聲勢)
声带 (聲帶)
声息 (聲息)
声明 (聲明)
声望 (聲望)
声乐 (聲樂)
声称 (聲稱)
声讨 (聲討)
声调 (聲調)
声誉 (聲譽)
声道 (聲道)
声响 (聲響)
轻声 (輕聲)
铃声 (鈴聲)
响声 (響聲)
鼾声 (鼾聲)
齐声 (齊聲)

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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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