• 195th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 255 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shēng (sheng1)sound • voice • tone • noise • classifier for sounds

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shēng (sheng1)The component is pronounced as 'shì' (shi4). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for shēng (sheng1)The component is pronounced as 'shū' (shu1). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for shēng (sheng1)The component is pronounced as 'shù' (shu4). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

大声 (大聲)
心声 (心聲)
掌声 (掌聲)
歌声 (歌聲)
相声 (相聲)
声音 (聲音)
鞭炮声 (鞭砲聲)
风声 (風聲)

Uncommon

一声不吭 (一聲不吭)
不动声色 (不動聲色)
低声 (低聲)
传声筒 (傳聲筒)
出声 (出聲)
口口声声 (口口聲聲)
叫声 (叫聲)
名声 (名聲)
吭声 (吭聲)
吱声 (吱聲)
呼声 (呼聲)
和声 (和聲)
哭声 (哭聲)
唉声叹气 (唉聲嘆氣)
回声 (回聲)
小声 (小聲)
尾声 (尾聲)
忍气吞声 (忍氣吞聲)
应声 (應聲)
扬声器 (揚聲器)
放声 (放聲)
放声大哭 (放聲大哭)
枪声 (槍聲)
无声 (無聲)
无声无息 (無聲無息)
异口同声 (異口同聲)
发声 (發聲)
笑声 (笑聲)
声势 (聲勢)
声带 (聲帶)
声息 (聲息)
声明 (聲明)
声望 (聲望)
声乐 (聲樂)
声称 (聲稱)
声讨 (聲討)
声调 (聲調)
声誉 (聲譽)
声道 (聲道)
声响 (聲響)
轻声 (輕聲)
铃声 (鈴聲)
响声 (響聲)
鼾声 (鼾聲)
齐声 (齊聲)

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  • 540th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 321 words
  • Component in 36 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yīn (yin1)sound • noise • note (of musical scale) • tone • news • syllable • reading (phonetic value of a character)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yīn (yin1)The component is pronounced as 'yīn' (yin1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

声音 (聲音)
语音 (語音)
音乐 (音樂)

Uncommon

五音不全 
低音 
口音 
嗓音 
噪音 
回音 
定音 
影音 
拼音 
播音 
收音机 (收音機)
波音 
发音 (發音)
知音 
福音 
观世音 (觀世音)
观音 (觀音)
谐音 (諧音)
走音 
轻音乐 (輕音樂)
乡音 (鄉音)
配音 
录音 (錄音)
隔音 
电音 (電音)
静音 (靜音)
音效 
音乐家 (音樂家)
音乐厅 (音樂廳)
音乐会 (音樂會)
音乐节 (音樂節)
音符 
音箱 
音色 
音讯 (音訊)
音译 (音譯)
音质 (音質)
音速 
音量 
音响 (音響)
音频 (音頻)
颤音 (顫音)
高音 

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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.