• 560th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 78 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
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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  • 2188th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 19 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. còu (cou4)to gather together, pool or collect • to happen by chance • to move close to • to exploit an opportunity

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for còu (cou4)The component is pronounced as 'zòu' (zou4). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

凑合 (湊合)
凑热闹 (湊熱鬧)

Uncommon

拼凑 (拼湊)
凑巧 (湊巧)
凑成 (湊成)
凑数 (湊數)
凑近 (湊近)
凑齐 (湊齊)
紧凑 (緊湊)

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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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