• 272nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 148 words
  • Component in 9 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. kōng (kong1)empty • air • sky • in vain
2. kòng (kong4)to empty • vacant • unoccupied • space • leisure • free time

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for kōng (kong1)The component is pronounced as 'gōng' (gong1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for kòng (kong4)The component is pronounced as 'gōng' (gong1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

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Example Words

High Frequency

天空 
星空 
时空 (時空)
有空 
 
空气 (空氣)
空虚 (空虛)
空调 (空調)
空间 (空間)
航空 

Medium Frequency

上空 
人去楼空 (人去樓空)
半空 
填空 
夜空 
天马行空 (天馬行空)
太空 
孙悟空 (孫悟空)
悟空 
抽空 
挖空 
横空 (橫空)
海阔天空 (海闊天空)
清空 
真空 
空中 
空位 
空前 
空姐 
空想 
空战 (空戰)
空手 
空旷 (空曠)
空洞 
空无一人 (空無一人)
空白 
空空 
空空荡荡 (空空盪盪)
空腹 
空落落 
空荡荡 (空蕩蕩)
空话 (空話)
空军 (空軍)
空运 (空運)
空闲 (空閒)
空降 
空隙 
空头 (空頭)
空余 (空餘)
落空 
虚空 (虛空)
镂空 (鏤空)
腾空 (騰空)
高空 
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  • 145th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 128 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhàn (zhan4)to fight • fight • war • battle

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhàn (zhan4)The component is pronounced as 'zhān' (zhan1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhàn (zhan4)The component is pronounced as 'zhàn' (zhan4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

作战 (作戰)
大战 (大戰)
 ()
战利品 (戰利品)
战争 (戰爭)
战斗 (戰鬥)
挑战 (挑戰)

Medium Frequency

二战 (二戰)
备战 (備戰)
冷战 (冷戰)
奋战 (奮戰)
好战 (好戰)
实战 (實戰)
征战 (征戰)
战功 (戰功)
战胜 (戰勝)
战友 (戰友)
战国 (戰國)
战地 (戰地)
战场 (戰場)
战士 (戰士)
战役 (戰役)
战战兢兢 (戰戰兢兢)
战机 (戰機)
战况 (戰況)
战无不胜 (戰無不勝)
战略 (戰略)
战术 (戰術)
战车 (戰車)
战马 (戰馬)
战斗力 (戰鬥力)
战斗机 (戰鬥機)
抗战 (抗戰)
枪战 (槍戰)
决战 (決戰)
空战 (空戰)
背水一战 (背水一戰)
舌战 (舌戰)
血战 (血戰)
论战 (論戰)
转战 (轉戰)
迎战 (迎戰)
连战 (連戰)
开战 (開戰)
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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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