• 597th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 157 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (xi4)thin or slender • finely particulate • thin and soft • fine • delicate • trifling • (of a sound) quiet • frugal

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (xi4)The component is pronounced as '' (si1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

仔细 (仔細)
细节 (細節)
细胞 (細胞)
细腻 (細膩)
详细 (詳細)

Uncommon

心细 (心細)
明细 (明細)
粗细 (粗細)
精打细算 (精打細算)
精细 (精細)
细分 (細分)
细嚼慢咽 (細嚼慢咽)
细嫩 (細嫩)
细密 (細密)
细微 (細微)
细心 (細心)
细数 (細數)
细水长流 (細水長流)
细致 (細緻)
细菌 (細菌)
细语 (細語)
细长 (細長)
细雨 (細雨)
纤细 (纖細)

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  • 1712th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 45 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (li4)grain • granule • classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (li4)The component is pronounced as '' (li4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (li4)The component is pronounced as '' (mi3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

米粒 
粒子 
颗粒 (顆粒)

Uncommon

微粒 
沙粒 
谷粒 (穀粒)
细粒 (細粒)

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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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