• 230th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 539 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. diàn (dian4)electric • electricity • electrical

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

电信 (電信)
电影 (電影)
电脑 (電腦)
电视 (電視)
电视剧 (電視劇)
电话 (電話)

Uncommon

来电 (來電)
供电 (供電)
停电 (停電)
充电 (充電)
充电器 (充電器)
家电 (家電)
广电 (廣電)
手电筒 (手電筒)
放电 (放電)
断电 (斷電)
核电站 (核電站)
水电 (水電)
发电 (發電)
省电 (省電)
致电 (致電)
触电 (觸電)
贺电 (賀電)
闪电 (閃電)
电力 (電力)
电动 (電動)
电吹风 (電吹風)
电器 (電器)
电报 (電報)
电压 (電壓)
电子 (電子)
电子书 (電子書)
电工 (電工)
电影票 (電影票)
电影节 (電影節)
电影院 (電影院)
电梯 (電梯)
电气 (電氣)
电池 (電池)
电波 (電波)
电流 (電流)
电源 (電源)
电热毯 (電熱毯)
电灯 (電燈)
电灯泡 (電燈泡)
电瓶车 (電瓶車)
电眼 (電眼)
电磁 (電磁)
电网 (電網)
电线 (電線)
电线杆 (電線杆)
电脑网 (電腦網)
电台 (電臺)
电视机 (電視機)
电视台 (電視臺)
电话卡 (電話卡)
电话簿 (電話簿)
电路 (電路)
电车 (電車)
电量 (電量)
电锯 (電鋸)
电音 (電音)
电饭煲 (電飯煲)
电饭锅 (電飯鍋)
静电 (靜電)

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  • 37th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.33% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 1376 words
  • Component in 109 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (zi3)son • child • seed • egg • small thing • 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat • Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
2. zi (zi5)(noun suffix)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (zi3)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (zi3)The component is pronounced as '' (zi3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
3. Pronunciation clue for (zi3)The component is pronounced as 'zi' (zi5). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
4. Pronunciation clue for zi (zi5)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin final.
5. Pronunciation clue for zi (zi5)The component is pronounced as '' (zi3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
6. Pronunciation clue for zi (zi5)The component is pronounced as 'zi' (zi5). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

儿子 (兒子)
女子 
妻子 
孩子 
房子 
日子 
样子 (樣子)
狮子 (獅子)
狮子座 (獅子座)
王子 
男子 
老子 
肚子 
脑子 (腦子)
辈子 (輩子)
双子 (雙子)
鞋子 
饺子 (餃子)
鼻子 

Uncommon

一下子 
一辈子 (一輩子)
一阵子 (一陣子)
上辈子 (上輩子)
下辈子 (下輩子)
丸子 
仙子 
份子 
分子 (份子)
位子 
例子 
个子 (個子)
傻子 
兔子 
公子 
凳子 
刀子 
刷子 
勺子 
包子 
包饺子 (包餃子)
半辈子 (半輩子)
卷子 
口子 
句子 
君子 
呆子 
呢子 
单子 (單子)
嗓子 
因子 
圈子 
圆子 (圓子)
夜猫子 (夜貓子)
大肚子 
天子 
太子 
夹子 (夾子)
妮子 
妹子 
侄子 (姪子)
娃子 
婊子 
嫂子 
娘子 (孃子)
子女 
子孙 (子孫)
子宫 (子宮)
子弹 (子彈)
子时 (子時)
孔子 
孩子们 (孩子們)
孩子气 (孩子氣)
孙子 (孫子)
学子 (學子)
家子 
小伙子 
小子 
屋子 
帖子 
帽子 
弟子 
影子 
性子 
扇子 
才子 
才子佳人 
拉肚子 
曲子 
月子 
本子 
村子 
杯子 
林子 
果子 
架子 
柚子 
柱子 
柿子 
栗子 
格子 
桃子 
桌子 
桔子 
梅子 
梨子 
梯子 
棋子 
棍子 
棒子 
椅子 
椰子 
榛子 
乐子 (樂子)
橘子 
橙子 
柜子 (櫃子)
段子 
母子 
毯子 
沙子 
浪子 
汉子 (漢子)
燕子 
爪子 
父子 
片子 
牌子 
猴子 
瓜子 
瓶子 
生子 
男子汉 (男子漢)
痞子 
疯子 (瘋子)
瘦子 
皇子 
盒子 
盘子 (盤子)
看样子 (看樣子)
瞎子 
种子 (種子)
稿子 
窗子 
童子 
竹子 
笛子 
筷子 
箱子 
笼子 (籠子)
粽子 
精子 
团子 (糰子)
绳子 (繩子)
罐子 
老妈子 (老媽子)
老样子 (老樣子)
老头子 (老頭子)
耗子 
肚子痛 
胖子 
脖子 
肠子 (腸子)
胆子 (膽子)
茄子 
叶子 (葉子)
盖子 (蓋子)
莲子 (蓮子)
蚊子 
虫子 (蟲子)
蝎子 (蠍子)
袋子 
袖子 
被子 
裙子 
裤子 (褲子)
袜子 (襪子)
亲子 (親子)
豆子 
豹子 
贩子 (販子)
赤子 
身子 
车子 (車子)
轮子 (輪子)
辣子 
辫子 (辮子)
游子 (遊子)
金子 
钉子 (釘子)
扣子 (釦子)
银子 (銀子)
锤子 (錘子)
链子 (鏈子)
镜子 (鏡子)
院子 
阵子 (陣子)
双子座 (雙子座)
电子 (電子)
电子书 (電子書)
面子 
靴子 
鞭子 
领子 (領子)
风信子 (風信子)
饿肚子 (餓肚子)
馆子 (館子)
骗子 (騙子)
骡子 (騾子)
骨子 
骰子 
胡子 (鬍子)
鬼子 
鸭子 (鴨子)
鸽子 (鴿子)
点子 (點子)

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  • 1699th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 67 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qín (qin2)guqin or zither, cf 古琴 • musical instrument in general

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for qín (qin2)The component is pronounced as 'jīn' (jin1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

小提琴 
弹琴 (彈琴)
钢琴 (鋼琴)

Uncommon

口琴 
古琴 
大提琴 
爱琴海 (愛琴海)
手风琴 (手風琴)
提琴 
抚琴 (撫琴)
琴弦 
琴棋书画 (琴棋書畫)
琴瑟 
琴键 (琴鍵)
胡琴 
竖琴 (豎琴)
钢琴家 (鋼琴家)
钢琴师 (鋼琴師)
电子琴 (電子琴)
风琴 (風琴)

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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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