• 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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  • 337th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 148 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qiē (qie1)to cut • to slice • tangent (math)
2. qiè (qie4)definitely • absolutely (not) • (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right. • Tut! • to grind • close to • eager • to correspond to • see also 反切[fan3 qie4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for qiē (qie1)The component is pronounced as '' (qi1). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for qiè (qie4)The component is pronounced as '' (qi1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

一切 
切换 (切換)

Uncommon

切切 
切勿 
切块 (切塊)
切忌 
切成 
切片 
切碎 
切磋 
切记 (切記)
密切 
急切 
深切 
真切 
亲切 (親切)
迫切 

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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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