• 2318th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 18 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bèn (ben4)stupid • foolish • silly • slow-witted • clumsy

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for bèn (ben4)The component is pronounced as 'běn' (ben3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

笨蛋 

Uncommon

愚笨 
笨拙 

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  • 1261st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 113 words
  • Component in 204 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. niǎo (niao3)bird • CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for niǎo (niao3)The component is pronounced as 'niǎo' (niao3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

一石二鸟 (一石二鳥)
菜鸟 (菜鳥)
飞鸟 (飛鳥)
鸟儿 (鳥兒)
鸟巢 (鳥巢)

Uncommon

候鸟 (候鳥)
啄木鸟 (啄木鳥)
小鸟依人 (小鳥依人)
布谷鸟 (布谷鳥)
打鸟 (打鳥)
水鸟 (水鳥)
海鸟 (海鳥)
火烈鸟 (火烈鳥)
神鸟 (神鳥)
笨鸟先飞 (笨鳥先飛)
老鸟 (老鳥)
花鸟 (花鳥)
蜂鸟 (蜂鳥)
鸟兽散 (鳥獸散)
鸟瞰 (鳥瞰)
鸟窝 (鳥窩)
鸟笼 (鳥籠)
鸟粪 (鳥糞)
鸟类 (鳥類)
鸟鸣 (鳥鳴)
鸵鸟 (鴕鳥)

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  • 188th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.11% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 133 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiān (xian1)early • prior • former • in advance • first

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

先生 
首先 

Uncommon

事先 
优先 (優先)
先前 
先天 
先后 (先後)
先机 (先機)
先知 
先行 
先进 (先進)
先锋 (先鋒)
原先 
抢先 (搶先)
率先 
祖先 
预先 (預先)
领先 (領先)

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  • 347th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 156 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
𠃧

Pinyin & Meaning

1. fēi (fei1)to fly

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for fēi (fei1)The component is pronounced as 'fēi' (fei1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

起飞 (起飛)
飞天 (飛天)
飞机 (飛機)
飞涨 (飛漲)
飞鹰 (飛鷹)

Uncommon

岳飞 (岳飛)
张飞 (張飛)
放飞 (放飛)
满天飞 (滿天飛)
直升飞机 (直升飛機)
直飞 (直飛)
突飞猛进 (突飛猛進)
纷飞 (紛飛)
阿飞 (阿飛)
双飞 (雙飛)
飞来飞去 (飛來飛去)
飞出 (飛出)
飞利浦 (飛利浦)
飞吻 (飛吻)
飞奔 (飛奔)
飞快 (飛快)
飞扬 (飛揚)
飞机场 (飛機場)
飞碟 (飛碟)
飞翔 (飛翔)
飞舞 (飛舞)
飞船 (飛船)
飞行 (飛行)
飞行员 (飛行員)
飞越 (飛越)
飞跃 (飛躍)
飞轮 (飛輪)
飞逝 (飛逝)
飞速 (飛速)
飞过 (飛過)
飞雪 (飛雪)
飞驰 (飛馳)
飞鱼 (飛魚)
飞鸟 (飛鳥)
飞鸽 (飛鴿)
飞黄腾达 (飛黃騰達)
飞龙 (飛龍)
腾飞 (騰飛)
高飞 (高飛)
龙飞 (龍飛)
龙飞凤舞 (龍飛鳳舞)

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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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