• 1024th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 58 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (si1)silk • thread • trace • CL:條|条[tiao2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (si1)The component is pronounced as '' (mi4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

High Frequency

粉丝 (粉絲)
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Medium Frequency

爱丽丝 (愛麗絲)
拔丝 (拔絲)
真丝 (真絲)
丝巾 (絲巾)
丝带 (絲帶)
丝毫 (絲毫)
丝瓜 (絲瓜)
丝绸 (絲綢)
丝袜 (絲襪)
肉丝 (肉絲)
蕾丝 (蕾絲)
螺丝 (螺絲)
蚕丝 (蠶絲)
钢丝 (鋼絲)
青丝 (青絲)
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  • 2276th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 21 words
  • Component in 167 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jīn (jin1)towel • general purpose cloth • women's headcovering (old) • Kangxi radical 50

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jīn (jin1)The component is pronounced as 'jiōng' (jiong1). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for jīn (jin1)The component is pronounced as 'jīn' (jin1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

围巾 (圍巾)
毛巾 

Medium Frequency

巾帼 (巾幗)
浴巾 
纸巾 (紙巾)
丝巾 (絲巾)
卫生巾 (衛生巾)
餐巾纸 (餐巾紙)
黄巾 (黃巾)
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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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