• 3327th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 6 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chuī (chui1)dress food • to steam • to cook food

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

炊烟 (炊煙)

Uncommon

炊事员 (炊事員)
炊具 

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  • 58th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.26% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 469 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shì (shi4)matter • thing • item • work • affair • CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as 'shù' (shu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

事实 (事實)
事情 
事业 (事業)
同事 
故事 
万事如意 (萬事如意)

Uncommon

世事 
事事 
事件 
事先 
事儿 (事兒)
事务 (事務)
事后 (事後)
事故 
事业有成 (事業有成)
事物 
事变 (事變)
事项 (事項)
人事 
做事 
共事 
凡事 
出事 
刑事 
启事 (啟事)
喜事 
回事 
执事 (執事)
坏事 (壞事)
好事 
实事 (實事)
小事 
屁事 
往事 
从事 (從事)
心事 
怎么回事 (怎麼回事)
懂事 
找事 
本事 
乐事 (樂事)
正事 
没事 (沒事)
没事儿 (沒事兒)
无所事事 (無所事事)
烦心事 (煩心事)
琐事 (瑣事)
当事人 (當事人)
百事可乐 (百事可樂)
糗事 
若无其事 (若無其事)
万事 (萬事)
万事大吉 (萬事大吉)
董事 
董事长 (董事長)
处事 (處事)
行事 
记事 (記事)
诸事 (諸事)
赛事 (賽事)
趣事 
军事 (軍事)
办事 (辦事)
闲事 (閑事)

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  • 200th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 276 words
  • Component in 8 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yuán (yuan2)person • employee • member

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

人员 (人員)
公务员 (公務員)
动员 (動員)
员工 (員工)
委员 (委員)
官员 (官員)
成员 (成員)
会员 (會員)
服务员 (服務員)
演员 (演員)
球员 (球員)

Uncommon

乘务员 (乘務員)
全员 (全員)
列车员 (列車員)
售票员 (售票員)
售货员 (售貨員)
团员 (團員)
委员会 (委員會)
学员 (學員)
守门员 (守門員)
专员 (專員)
店员 (店員)
成员国 (成員國)
指导员 (指導員)
推销员 (推銷員)
文员 (文員)
消防员 (消防員)
满员 (滿員)
营业员 (營業員)
特派员 (特派員)
研究员 (研究員)
程序员 (程序員)
管理员 (管理員)
总动员 (總動員)
职员 (職員)
船员 (船員)
裁员 (裁員)
要员 (要員)
解说员 (解說員)
议员 (議員)
辅导员 (輔導員)
通讯员 (通訊員)
运动员 (運動員)
邮递员 (郵遞員)
队员 (隊員)
雇员 (雇員)
飞行员 (飛行員)
驾驶员 (駕駛員)
党员 (黨員)

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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.