• 418th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 149 words
  • Component in 12 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (li2)mythical beast (archaic)
2. (Li2)surname Li
3. (li2)to leave • to part from • to be away from • (in giving distances) from • without (sth) • independent of • one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire • ☲

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (li2)The component is pronounced as '' (yi4). It has the same pinyin final.
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also appears in:

Example Words

Common

距离 (距離)
远离 (遠離)
离婚 (離婚)
离开 (離開)

Uncommon

偏离 (偏離)
分离 (分離)
别离 (別離)
形影不离 (形影不離)
悲欢离合 (悲歡離合)
撤离 (撤離)
支离破碎 (支離破碎)
流离 (流離)
脱离 (脫離)
迷离 (迷離)
逃离 (逃離)
游离 (遊離)
隔离 (隔離)
隔离霜 (隔離霜)
离别 (離別)
离去 (離去)
离合 (離合)
离奇 (離奇)
离家出走 (離家出走)
离弃 (離棄)
离线 (離線)
离职 (離職)
离谱 (離譜)
离间 (離間)

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  • 56th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.26% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 583 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiā (Jia1)surname Jia
2. jiā (jia1)home • family • classifier for families or businesses • refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China • noun suffix for specialists in some activity such as musician or revolutionary, corresponds to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

回家 
大家 
玩家 

Uncommon

人家 
作家 
冤家 
到家 
合家 
咱家 
商家 
回老家 
国家 (國家)
墨家 
娘家 
宜家 
家人 
家伙 
家具 
家务 (家務)
家园 (家園)
家子 
家居 
家属 (家屬)
家常 
家庭 
家族 
家用 
家里 (家裡)
家乡 (家鄉)
家长 (家長)
家门 (家門)
专家 (專家)
居家 
想家 
搬家 
独家 (獨家)
皇家 
石家庄 (石家莊)
科学家 (科學家)
老人家 
老家 
自家 
艺术家 (藝術家)
评论家 (評論家)
买家 (買家)
邻家 (鄰家)
阖家 (闔家)

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  • 28th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.39% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 487 words
  • Component in 22 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chū (chu1)to go out • to come out • to occur • to produce • to go beyond • to rise • to put forth • to happen • classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for chū (chu1)The component is pronounced as 'chū' (chu1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

付出 
伸出 
出来 (出來)
出去 
出现 (出現)
出发 (出發)
出门 (出門)

Uncommon

作出 
做出 
出世 
出乎 
出乎意料 
出事 
出人意料 
出入 
出动 (出動)
出口 
出名 
出品 
出售 
出国 (出國)
出场 (出場)
出奇 
出嫁 
出家 
出局 
出差 
出师 (出師)
出席 
出息 
出手 
出击 (出擊)
出于 (出於)
出汗 
出没 (出沒)
出海 
出炉 (出爐)
出版 
出版社 
出生 
出众 (出眾)
出租 
出租车 (出租車)
出声 (出聲)
出自 
出台 (出臺)
出色 
出处 (出處)
出血 
出行 
出卖 (出賣)
出路 
出身 
出轨 (出軌)
出游 (出遊)
出道 
出错 (出錯)
出院 
出面 
出头 (出頭)
初出茅庐 (初出茅廬)
取出 
外出 
展出 
弹出 (彈出)
得出 
复出 (復出)
想出 
找出 
抽出 
拍出 
拿出 
指出 
掏出 
排出 
推出 
提出 
播出 
挤出 (擠出)
摆出 (擺出)
支出 
放出 
日出 
派出所 
流出 
演出 
生出 
发出 (發出)
看出 
突出 
脱口而出 (脫口而出)
冲出 (衝出)
认出 (認出)
说出 (說出)
豁出去 
卖出 (賣出)
走出 
超出 
跳出 
退出 
选出 (選出)
迈出 (邁出)
长出 (長出)
离家出走 (離家出走)
露出 

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  • 207th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 167 words
  • Component in 40 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zǒu (zou3)to walk • to go • to run • to move (of vehicle) • to visit • to leave • to go away • to die (euph.) • from • through • away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走) • to change (shape, form, meaning)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zǒu (zou3)The component is pronounced as 'zǒu' (zou3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

带走 (帶走)
行走 
走出 
走向 
走着瞧 (走著瞧)
走路 
走进 (走進)

Uncommon

出走 
奔走 
夺走 (奪走)
好走 
抓走 
拖走 
拿走 
搬走 
抢走 (搶走)
放走 
溜走 
临走 (臨走)
行尸走肉 (行屍走肉)
走人 
走光 
走入 
走动 (走動)
走势 (走勢)
走去 
走失 
走廊 
走掉 
走散 
走火 
走神 
走秀 
走红 (走紅)
走亲访友 (走親訪友)
走访 (走訪)
走运 (走運)
走过 (走過)
走错 (走錯)
走开 (走開)
走音 
赶走 (趕走)
送走 
逃走 
游走 (遊走)
开走 (開走)
离家出走 (離家出走)
驱走 (驅走)

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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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