• 560th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 78 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jǐn (jin3)tight • strict • close at hand • near • urgent • tense • hard up • short of money • to tighten

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

紧张 (緊張)
赶紧 (趕緊)

Uncommon

抓紧 (抓緊)
收紧 (收緊)
紧密 (緊密)
紧急 (緊急)
紧握 (緊握)
紧凑 (緊湊)
紧紧 (緊緊)
紧绷 (緊繃)
紧要 (緊要)
紧跟 (緊跟)
紧迫 (緊迫)
要紧 (要緊)

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  • 1452nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 45 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tiē (tie1)to stick • to paste • to post (e.g. on a blog) • to keep close to • to fit snugly • to subsidize • allowance (e.g. money for food or housing) • sticker • classifier for sticking plaster: strip

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

贴士 (貼士)
贴心 (貼心)
体贴 (體貼)

Uncommon

倒贴 (倒貼)
创可贴 (創可貼)
张贴 (張貼)
发贴 (發貼)
粘贴 (粘貼)
紧贴 (緊貼)
补贴 (補貼)
贴切 (貼切)
贴合 (貼合)
贴吧 (貼吧)
贴纸 (貼紙)
贴身 (貼身)
贴近 (貼近)
车贴 (車貼)
锅贴 (鍋貼)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.