• 314th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 174 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chéng (Cheng2)surname Cheng
2. chéng (cheng2)rule • order • regulations • formula • journey • procedure • sequence

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for chéng (cheng2)The component is pronounced as 'chéng' (cheng2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

全程 
启程 (啟程)
工程 
方程式 
旅程 
程度 
行程 
过程 (過程)

Uncommon

前程 
回程 
专程 (專程)
工程师 (工程師)
征程 
教程 
日程 
历程 (歷程)
流程 
程序 
程序员 (程序員)
编程 (編程)
课程 (課程)
起程 
路程 
车程 (車程)
返程 
进程 (進程)
运程 (運程)
远程 (遠程)
里程 
里程碑 

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  • 834th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 65 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (xu4)order • sequence • preface

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (xu4)The component is pronounced as '' (yu2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (xu4)The component is pronounced as '' (yu3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

秩序 
程序 
程序员 (程序員)
顺序 (順序)

Uncommon

工序 
序幕 
序曲 
循序渐进 (循序漸進)
排序 
有序 
次序 
无序 (無序)

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  • 200th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 276 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yuán (yuan2)person • employee • member

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

人员 (人員)
公务员 (公務員)
动员 (動員)
员工 (員工)
委员 (委員)
官员 (官員)
成员 (成員)
会员 (會員)
服务员 (服務員)
演员 (演員)
球员 (球員)

Uncommon

乘务员 (乘務員)
全员 (全員)
列车员 (列車員)
售票员 (售票員)
售货员 (售貨員)
团员 (團員)
委员会 (委員會)
学员 (學員)
守门员 (守門員)
专员 (專員)
店员 (店員)
成员国 (成員國)
指导员 (指導員)
推销员 (推銷員)
文员 (文員)
消防员 (消防員)
满员 (滿員)
营业员 (營業員)
特派员 (特派員)
研究员 (研究員)
程序员 (程序員)
管理员 (管理員)
总动员 (總動員)
职员 (職員)
船员 (船員)
裁员 (裁員)
要员 (要員)
解说员 (解說員)
议员 (議員)
辅导员 (輔導員)
通讯员 (通訊員)
运动员 (運動員)
邮递员 (郵遞員)
队员 (隊員)
雇员 (雇員)
飞行员 (飛行員)
驾驶员 (駕駛員)
党员 (黨員)

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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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