• 740th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 237 words
  • Component in 31 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Pi2)surname Pi
2. (pi2)leather • skin • fur • CL:張|张[zhang1] • pico- (one trillionth) • naughty

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (pi2)The component is pronounced as '' (pi2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

皮肤 (皮膚)

Uncommon

上皮 
俏皮 
俏皮话 (俏皮話)
剥皮 (剝皮)
包皮 
厚脸皮 (厚臉皮)
去皮 
单眼皮 (單眼皮)
地皮 
外皮 
扒皮 
扯皮 
果皮 
桂皮 
橡皮 
橡皮擦 
橡皮筋 
死皮赖脸 (死皮賴臉)
毛皮 
凉皮 (涼皮)
牛皮 
画皮 (畫皮)
皮下 
皮儿 (皮兒)
皮包 
皮囊 
皮埃尔 (皮埃爾)
皮夹 (皮夾)
皮子 
皮带 (皮帶)
皮毛 
皮炎 
皮球 
皮筋 
皮脂腺 
皮肤病 (皮膚病)
皮草 
皮蛋 
皮质 (皮質)
皮革 
皮鞋 
真皮 
眼皮 
羊皮 
肚皮 
肚皮舞 
脱皮 (脫皮)
脸皮 (臉皮)
脸皮厚 (臉皮厚)
表皮 
西皮 
调皮 (調皮)
豆皮 
赖皮 (賴皮)
陈皮 (陳皮)
双眼皮 (雙眼皮)
顽皮 (頑皮)
头皮 (頭皮)

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  • 2201st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 53 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhī (zhi1)fat • rouge (cosmetics) • resin

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhī (zhi1)The component is pronounced as 'zhǐ' (zhi3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhī (zhi1)The component is pronounced as '' (bi3). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for zhī (zhi1)The component is pronounced as '' (ri4). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

脂肪 

Uncommon

低脂 
树脂 (樹脂)
油脂 
皮脂腺 
磷脂 
胭脂 
脂肪肝 
脂肪酸 
脱脂 (脫脂)
血脂 

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  • 2252nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 60 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiàn (xian4)gland

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

乳腺 
乳腺癌 
腮腺 

Uncommon

乳腺炎 
前列腺 
前列腺素 
扁桃腺 
汗腺 
泪腺 (淚腺)
甲状腺 (甲狀腺)
皮脂腺 
胰腺 
胰腺炎 
肾上腺 (腎上腺)
肾上腺素 (腎上腺素)
腮腺炎 
腺样 (腺樣)
腺癌 

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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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