• 2356th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 13 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shèn (shen4)kidney

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shèn (shen4)The component is pronounced as 'chén' (chen2). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

肾脏 (腎臟)

Uncommon

肾上腺 (腎上腺)
肾上腺素 (腎上腺素)
肾炎 (腎炎)

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  • 16th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.55% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 480 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shǎng (shang3)see 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
2. shàng (shang4)on top • upon • above • upper • previous • first (of multiple parts) • to climb • to get onto • to go up • to attend (class or university)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

上海 
上班 
上网 (上網)
爱上 (愛上)
早上 
晚上 
马上 (馬上)

Uncommon

上下 
上来 (上來)
上传 (上傳)
上午 
上去 
上台 
上司 
上场 (上場)
上坟 (上墳)
上天 
上学 (上學)
上山 
上市 
上帝 
上床 
上手 
上扬 (上揚)
上升 (上昇)
上映 
上海市 
上演 
上涨 (上漲)
上火 
上班族 
上瘾 (上癮)
上级 (上級)
上线 (上線)
上行 
上街 
上衣 
上课 (上課)
上路 
上身 
上车 (上車)
上辈子 (上輩子)
上门 (上門)
上阵 (上陣)
上面 
世上 
之上 
以上 
加上 
史上 
向上 
地上 
基本上 
天上 
奉上 
实际上 (實際上)
戴上 
楼上 (樓上)
海上 
爬上 
献上 (獻上)
登上 
皇上 
看上 
看上去 
穿上 
考上 
至上 
台上 (臺上)
赶上 (趕上)
路上 
踏上 
身上 
迷上 
闭上 (閉上)
关上 (關上)
附上 

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  • 2252nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 60 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiàn (xian4)gland

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

乳腺 
乳腺癌 
腮腺 

Uncommon

乳腺炎 
前列腺 
前列腺素 
扁桃腺 
汗腺 
泪腺 (淚腺)
甲状腺 (甲狀腺)
皮脂腺 
胰腺 
胰腺炎 
肾上腺 (腎上腺)
肾上腺素 (腎上腺素)
腮腺炎 
腺样 (腺樣)
腺癌 

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  • 660th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 216 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (su4)raw silk • white • plain, unadorned • vegetarian (food) • essence • nature • element • constituent • usually • always • ever

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

元素 
因素 
素材 
素质 (素質)
维生素 (維生素)

Uncommon

像素 
吃素 
安之若素 
尿素 
抗生素 
朴素 (樸素)
毒素 
激素 
番茄红素 (番茄紅素)
白素贞 (白素貞)
素描 
素菜 
素颜 (素顏)
素食 
素食者 
素养 (素養)
纤维素 (纖維素)
罗素 (羅素)
胡萝卜素 (胡蘿蔔素)
胰岛素 (胰島素)
肾上腺素 (腎上腺素)
色素 
荤素 (葷素)
要素 
护发素 (護髮素)
霉素 
黑素 
黑色素 

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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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