• 425th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 68 words
  • Component in 179 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shì (shi4)to show • to reveal

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as 'shì' (shi4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

提示 
表示 
显示 (顯示)

Uncommon

出示 
启示 (啟示)
展示 
指示 
暗示 
演示 
示范 (示範)
预示 (預示)
显示器 (顯示器)

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  • 622nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 149 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wēi (wei1)power • might • prestige

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

助威 
夏威夷 
威力 
威尼斯 
威武 
威胁 (威脅)
权威 (權威)

Uncommon

威信 
威仪 (威儀)
威严 (威嚴)
威士忌 
威廉 
威望 
威海 
威尔士 (威爾士)
威猛 
威逼 
威风 (威風)
挪威 
荣威 (榮威)
武威 
海明威 
淫威 
百威 
示威 
示威者 
科威特 
路易威登 

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  • 103rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.19% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 409 words
  • Component in 28 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhě (zhe3)(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... • (after a noun) person involved in ... • -er • -ist • (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) • (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) • (old) (used at the end of a command) • (old) this

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

作者 
告密者 
患者 
或者 
终结者 (終結者)
记者 (記者)

Uncommon

使用者 
使者 
侍者 
伤者 (傷者)
初学者 (初學者)
前者 
创业者 (創業者)
胜利者 (勝利者)
劳动者 (勞動者)
参与者 (參與者)
受害者 
失败者 (失敗者)
学者 (學者)
完美主义者 (完美主義者)
工作者 
幸存者 
后者 (後者)
忍者 
志愿者 (志願者)
爱国者 (愛國者)
爱好者 (愛好者)
应聘者 (應聘者)
所有者 
投资者 (投資者)
拓荒者 
操作者 
支持者 
旁观者 (旁觀者)
旅行者 
智者 
步行者 
死者 
求职者 (求職者)
流浪者 
消费者 (消費者)
火影忍者 
获得者 (獲得者)
目击者 (目擊者)
研究者 
获奖者 (穫獎者)
第三者 
笔者 (筆者)
素食者 
统治者 (統治者)
经营者 (經營者)
老者 
听者 (聽者)
舞者 
行者 
制造者 (製造者)
记者会 (記者會)
设计者 (設計者)
读者 (讀者)
逝者 
长者 (長者)
开拓者 (開拓者)
领导者 (領導者)

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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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