• 116th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.16% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 71 words
  • Component in 21 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ci3)this • these

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ci3)The component is pronounced as '' (bi3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (ci3)The component is pronounced as 'zhǐ' (zhi3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

如此 
彼此 

Uncommon

因此 
从此 (從此)
此刻 
此外 
此时 (此時)
特此 

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  • 75th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.22% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 247 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (qi3)to rise • to raise • to get up • to set out • to start • to appear • to launch • to initiate (action) • to draft • to establish • to get (from a depot or counter) • verb suffix, to start • (before place or time) starting from • classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance • classifier for groups: batch, group

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (qi3)The component is pronounced as '' (ji3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

一起 
在一起 
发起 (發起)
起来 (起來)
起床 

Uncommon

了不起 
升起 
对不起 (對不起)
引起 
想起 
拿起 
提起 
早起 
比起 
说起 (說起)
起伏 
起码 (起碼)
起身 
起飞 (起飛)
起点 (起點)

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  • 1254th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 28 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (bi3)that • those • (one) another

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (bi3)The component is pronounced as '' (pi2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (bi3)The component is pronounced as 'chì' (chi4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

彼此 

Uncommon

彼岸 
此起彼伏 

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  • 1387th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 82 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Fu2)surname Fu
2. (fu2)to lean over • to fall (go down) • to hide (in ambush) • to conceal oneself • to lie low • hottest days of summer • to submit • to concede defeat • to overcome • to subdue • volt

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

埋伏 
潜伏 (潛伏)
起伏 

Uncommon

伏案 
伏牛山 
伏特加 
伏笔 (伏筆)
光伏 
此起彼伏 

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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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