• 183rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.11% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 138 words
  • Component in 13 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ci4)next in sequence • second • the second (day, time etc) • secondary • vice- • sub- • infra- • inferior quality • substandard • order • sequence • hypo- (chemistry) • classifier for enumerated events: time

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

再次 
次方 

Uncommon

一次性 
上次 
下次 
人次 
依次 
其次 
名次 
层次 (層次)
档次 (檔次)
次元 
次数 (次數)
次于 (次於)
次日 
次要 
班次 
语无伦次 (語無倫次)
首次 

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  • 40th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.33% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 164 words
  • Component in 14 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Yu2)surname Yu
2. (yu2)to go • to take • sentence-final interrogative particle • variant of 於|于[yu2]
3. (Yu2)surname Yu
4. (yu2)in • at • to • from • by • than • out of

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

对于 (對於)
属于 (屬於)
于是 (於是)
终于 (終於)
关于 (關于)

Uncommon

不至于 (不至於)
以至于 (以至於)
低于 
来源于 (來源於)
出于 (出於)
利于 (利於)
勇于 (勇於)
善于 (善於)
在于 (在於)
基于 (基於)
大于 (大於)
忙于 (忙於)
急于 (急於)
敢于 (敢於)
有助于 (有助於)
乐于助人 (樂於助人)
源于 (源於)
由于 (由於)
相当于 (相當於)
等于 (等於)
至于 (至於)
莫过于 (莫過於)
处于 (處於)
过于 (過於)
鉴于 (鑒於)
高于 (高於)

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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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