• 34th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.35% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 742 words
  • Component in 25 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shēng (sheng1)to be born • to give birth • life • to grow • raw, uncooked

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shēng (sheng1)The component is pronounced as 'shēng' (sheng1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

人生 
先生 
女生 
学生 (學生)
生命 
生日 
生活 
发生 (發生)

Uncommon

一生 
一生一世 
三生有幸 
今生 
来生 (來生)
再生 
出生 
大学生 (大學生)
天生 
学生会 (學生會)
学生证 (學生證)
小学生 (小學生)
新生 
民生 
活生生 
生动 (生動)
生化 
生子 
生存 
生怕 
生意 
生态 (生態)
生成 
生机 (生機)
生死 
生气 (生氣)
生涯 
生物 
生物钟 (生物鐘)
生理 
生产 (生產)
生病 
生肖 
生育 
生菜 
生姜 (生薑)
生长 (生長)
产生 (產生)
男生 
留学生 (留學生)
畜生 
毕业生 (畢業生)
众生 (眾生)
研究生 
终生 (終生)
维生素 (維生素)
考生 
花生 
卫生 (衛生)
卫生巾 (衛生巾)
卫生间 (衛生間)
亲生 (親生)
计生 (計生)
诞生 (誕生)
逃生 
医生 (醫生)
重生 
野生 
陌生 
陌生人 
养生 (養生)
高中生 

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  • 258th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 195 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. mìng (ming4)life • fate • order or command • to assign a name, title etc

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

命运 (命運)
生命 
革命 

Uncommon

人命 
使命 
偿命 (償命)
命中 
命令 
命名 
命题 (命題)
寿命 (壽命)
天命 
宿命 
性命 
拼命 
救命 
死命 
生命力 
相依为命 (相依為命)
算命 
维他命 (維他命)
听天由命 (聽天由命)
致命 
苦命 
要命 
认命 (認命)

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线

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  • 430th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 343 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
线
2Radical
3Graphical
线

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiàn (xian4)variant of 線|线[xian4]
2. xiàn (xian4)thread • string • wire • line • CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 线 xiàn (xian4)The component is pronounced as 'jiān' (jian1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for 线 xiàn (xian4)The component is pronounced as 'jiān' (jian1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

上线 (上線)
光线 (光線)
在线 (在線)
底线 (底線)
曲线 (曲線)
毛线 (毛線)
火线 (火線)
无线 (無線)
热线 (熱線)
直线 (直線)
眼线 (眼線)
米线 (米線)
紫外线 (紫外線)
线人 (線人)
线条 (線條)
线索 (線索)
线路 (線路)
视线 (視線)
路线 (路線)

Uncommon

下线 (下線)
中线 (中線)
主线 (主線)
事业线 (事業線)
五线谱 (五線譜)
占线 (佔線)
全线 (全線)
出线 (出線)
分界线 (分界線)
前线 (前線)
单行线 (單行線)
地平线 (地平線)
天线 (天線)
射线 (射線)
专线 (專線)
对角线 (對角線)
导火线 (導火線)
平行线 (平行線)
干线 (幹線)
延长线 (延長線)
引线 (引線)
弧线 (弧線)
战线 (戰線)
拆线 (拆線)
抛物线 (拋物線)
掉线 (掉線)
接线 (接線)
接线员 (接線員)
斑马线 (斑馬線)
斜线 (斜線)
断线 (斷線)
有线 (有線)
棉线 (棉線)
沿线 (沿線)
流线型 (流線型)
海岸线 (海岸線)
无线电 (無線電)
牙线 (牙線)
牵线 (牽線)
环线 (環線)
生命线 (生命線)
生产线 (生產線)
界线 (界線)
眼线液 (眼線液)
短线 (短線)
穿针引线 (穿針引線)
红外线 (紅外線)
红线 (紅線)
绒线 (絨線)
丝线 (絲線)
线上 (線上)
线下 (線下)
线图 (線圖)
线性 (線性)
线缆 (線纜)
缝线 (縫線)
航线 (航線)
起跑线 (起跑線)
路线图 (路線圖)
连线 (連線)
针线 (針線)
针线活 (針線活)
长线 (長線)
防线 (防線)
阵线 (陣線)
集线器 (集線器)
离线 (離線)
电源线 (電源線)
电线 (電線)
电线杆 (電線杆)
电话线 (電話線)
高压线 (高壓線)

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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.