• 286th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 446 words
  • Component in 120 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bái (Bai2)surname Bai
2. bái (bai2)white • snowy • pure • bright • empty • blank • plain • clear • to make clear • in vain • gratuitous • free of charge • reactionary • anti-communist • funeral • to stare coldly • to write wrong character • to state • to explain • vernacular • spoken lines in opera

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for bái (bai2)The component is pronounced as 'bái' (bai2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

明白 
白天 
白羊座 
白色 
表白 

Uncommon

伊丽莎白 (伊麗莎白)
告白 
坦白 
大白天 
大白菜 
太白 
对白 (對白)
旁白 
李白 
清白 
洁白 (潔白)
独白 (獨白)
发白 (發白)
白人 
白吃 
白嫩 
白宫 (白宮)
白搭 
白日 
白日梦 (白日夢)
白昼 (白晝)
白果 
白求恩 
白净 (白淨)
白痴 
白白 
白皙 
白眼 
白粉 
白糖 
白花花 
白茫茫 
白菜 
白血病 
白话 (白話)
白费 (白費)
白酒 
白醋 
白金 
白银 (白銀)
白开水 (白開水)
白雪 
白雪皑皑 (白雪皚皚)
白云 (白雲)
白云区 (白雲區)
白领 (白領)
白头 (白頭)
白头偕老 (白頭偕老)
白头到老 (白頭到老)
白饭 (白飯)
白马王子 (白馬王子)
白发 (白髮)
白鲸 (白鯨)
直白 
空白 
纯白 (純白)
美白 
苍白 (蒼白)
苍白无力 (蒼白無力)
蛋白 
蛋白质 (蛋白質)
长白山 (長白山)
雪白 
黑白 

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  • 260th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 534 words
  • Component in 492 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jīn (Jin1)surname Jin • surname Kim (Korean) • Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
2. jīn (jin1)gold • chemical element Au • generic term for lustrous and ductile metals • money • golden • highly respected • one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jīn (jin1)The component is pronounced as 'jīn' (jin1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

基金 
现金 (現金)
资金 (資金)
金刚 (金剛)
金字塔 
金币 (金幣)
金枝玉叶 (金枝玉葉)
金牛 
金牛座 
金融 
金钱 (金錢)
金陵 
黄金 (黃金)

Uncommon

公积金 (公積金)
千金 
合金 
吸金 
基金会 (基金會)
小金 
押金 
淘金 
潘金莲 (潘金蓮)
奖学金 (獎學金)
奖金 (獎金)
瑞金 
白金 
眼冒金星 
租金 
纸醉金迷 (紙醉金迷)
紫金 
美金 
旧金山 (舊金山)
足金 
重金 
重金属 (重金屬)
金子 
金属 (金屬)
金山 
金库 (金庫)
金庸 
金星 
金榜 
金枪鱼 (金槍魚)
金橘 
金正恩 
金正日 
金沙 
金沙江 
金灿灿 (金燦燦)
金牌 
金奖 (金獎)
金球奖 (金球獎)
金砖 (金磚)
金矿 (金礦)
金童玉女 
金色 
金华 (金華)
金华市 (金華市)
金针 (金針)
金针菇 (金針菇)
金银 (金銀)
金钱豹 (金錢豹)
金门 (金門)
金鸡 (金雞)
金额 (金額)
金发 (金髮)
金鱼 (金魚)
金黄 (金黃)
金黄色 (金黃色)
霍金 
养老金 (養老金)
郁金香 (鬱金香)
黄金周 (黃金周)

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  • 710th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 174 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. hàn (Han4)Han ethnic group • Chinese (language) • the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
2. hàn (han4)man

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

好汉 (好漢)
武汉 (武漢)
武汉市 (武漢市)
汉堡 (漢堡)
汉语 (漢語)
老汉 (老漢)

Uncommon

单身汉 (單身漢)
大汉 (大漢)
广汉 (廣漢)
懒汉 (懶漢)
东汉 (東漢)
楚河汉界 (楚河漢界)
江汉 (江漢)
江汉区 (江漢區)
流浪汉 (流浪漢)
满汉 (滿漢)
汉中 (漢中)
汉人 (漢人)
汉代 (漢代)
汉化 (漢化)
汉口 (漢口)
汉城 (漢城)
汉堡包 (漢堡包)
汉堡王 (漢堡王)
汉奸 (漢奸)
汉子 (漢子)
汉字 (漢字)
汉密尔顿 (漢密爾頓)
汉文 (漢文)
汉族 (漢族)
汉朝 (漢朝)
汉武帝 (漢武帝)
汉江 (漢江)
汉沽区 (漢沽區)
汉献帝 (漢獻帝)
汉阳 (漢陽)
汉阳区 (漢陽區)
男子汉 (男子漢)
硬汉 (硬漢)
罗汉 (羅漢)
罗汉果 (羅漢果)
庄稼汉 (莊稼漢)
蜀汉 (蜀漢)
西汉 (西漢)
醉汉 (醉漢)

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  • 2284th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 26 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jùn (jun4)canton • county • region

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jùn (jun4)The component is pronounced as 'jūn' (jun1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for jùn (jun4)The component is pronounced as 'gǔn' (gun3). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

白金汉郡 (白金漢郡)
约克郡 (約克郡)

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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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