• 204th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 156 words
  • Component in 15 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhēn (zhen1)really • truly • indeed • real • true • genuine

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

真实 (真實)
真心 
真正 
认真 (認真)

Uncommon

天真 
写真 (寫真)
成真 
果真 
当真 (當真)
真切 
真情 
真爱 (真愛)
真挚 (真摯)
真棒 
真理 
真皮 
真相 
真真 
真诚 (真誠)
真谛 (真諦)
童真 
纯真 (純真)
逼真 

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  • 1065th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 120 words
  • Component in 392 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dāo (Dao1)surname Dao
2. dāo (dao1)knife • blade • single-edged sword • cutlass • CL:把[ba3] • classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dāo (dao1)The component is pronounced as 'dāo' (dao1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

菜刀 

Uncommon

借刀杀人 (借刀殺人)
两肋插刀 (兩肋插刀)
刀具 
刀刃 
刀削面 (刀削麵)
刀叉 
刀口 
刀子 
刀片 
刀郎 
刀锋 (刀鋒)
刺刀 
剃须刀 (剃鬚刀)
剪刀 
千刀万剐 (千刀萬剮)
大刀 
小刀 
尖刀 
快刀斩乱麻 (快刀斬亂麻)
水果刀 
磨刀 
磨刀石 
螺丝刀 (螺絲刀)
军刀 (軍刀)
镰刀 (鐮刀)
开刀 (開刀)
飞刀 (飛刀)

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  • 204th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 156 words
  • Component in 15 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhēn (zhen1)really • truly • indeed • real • true • genuine

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

真实 (真實)
真心 
真正 
认真 (認真)

Uncommon

天真 
写真 (寫真)
成真 
果真 
当真 (當真)
真切 
真情 
真爱 (真愛)
真挚 (真摯)
真棒 
真理 
真皮 
真相 
真真 
真诚 (真誠)
真谛 (真諦)
童真 
纯真 (純真)
逼真 

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  • 872nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 99 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qiāng (Qiang1)surname Qiang
2. qiāng (qiang1)gun • firearm • rifle • spear • thing with shape or function similar to a gun • CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3],杆[gan3],條|条[tiao2],枝[zhi1] • to substitute for another person in a test • to knock • classifier for rifle shots

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

手枪 (手槍)
枪口 (槍口)
枪战 (槍戰)
枪手 (槍手)
枪击 (槍擊)
枪击案 (槍擊案)
枪毙 (槍斃)
机枪 (機槍)
金枪鱼 (金槍魚)
开枪 (開槍)

Uncommon

中枪 (中槍)
冷枪 (冷槍)
刀枪 (刀槍)
唇枪舌剑 (唇槍舌劍)
单枪匹马 (單槍匹馬)
打枪 (打槍)
枪崩 (槍崩)
枪支 (槍支)
枪杆子 (槍桿子)
枪械 (槍械)
枪杀 (槍殺)
枪决 (槍決)
枪法 (槍法)
枪版 (槍版)
枪炮 (槍砲)
枪声 (槍聲)
机关枪 (機關槍)
步枪 (步槍)
水枪 (水槍)
火枪 (火槍)
火枪手 (火槍手)
烟枪 (煙槍)
猎枪 (獵槍)
真刀真枪 (真刀真槍)
荷枪实弹 (荷槍實彈)
冲锋枪 (衝鋒槍)
长枪 (長槍)
鸣枪 (鳴槍)

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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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