• 1018th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 109 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhǐ (zhi3)paper • CL:張|张[zhang1],沓[da2] • classifier for documents, letter etc

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhǐ (zhi3)The component is pronounced as 'shì' (shi4). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhǐ (zhi3)The component is pronounced as 'zhī' (zhi1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

报纸 (報紙)
壁纸 (壁紙)

Uncommon

信纸 (信紙)
剪纸 (剪紙)
图纸 (圖紙)
宣纸 (宣紙)
废纸 (廢紙)
折纸 (摺紙)
烧纸 (燒紙)
墙纸 (牆紙)
纸婚 (紙婚)
纸巾 (紙巾)
纸币 (紙幣)
纸张 (紙張)
纸杯 (紙杯)
纸板 (紙板)
纸条 (紙條)
纸片 (紙片)
纸牌 (紙牌)
纸箱 (紙箱)
纸醉金迷 (紙醉金迷)
纸鹤 (紙鶴)
卫生纸 (衛生紙)
贴纸 (貼紙)
造纸 (造紙)
餐巾纸 (餐巾紙)

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  • 1451st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 63 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiāng (xiang1)box • trunk • chest

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for xiāng (xiang1)The component is pronounced as 'xiāng' (xiang1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for xiāng (xiang1)The component is pronounced as 'xiàng' (xiang4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

冰箱 
箱子 
翻箱倒柜 (翻箱倒櫃)
邮箱 (郵箱)

Uncommon

信箱 
烤箱 
纸箱 (紙箱)
行李箱 
音箱 

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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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