• 784th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 62 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (yi4)skill • art

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

文艺 (文藝)
武艺 (武藝)
艺人 (藝人)
艺术 (藝術)

Uncommon

工艺 (工藝)
工艺品 (工藝品)
张艺谋 (張藝謀)
手艺 (手藝)
才艺 (才藝)
技艺 (技藝)
演艺 (演藝)
综艺 (綜藝)
艺术品 (藝術品)
艺术家 (藝術家)

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  • 328th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 166 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shù (shu4)method • technique
2. zhú (zhu2)various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shù (shu4)The component is pronounced as '' (mu4). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for shù (shu4)The component is pronounced as 'zhǔ' (zhu3). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for zhú (zhu2)The component is pronounced as '' (mu4). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for zhú (zhu2)The component is pronounced as 'zhǔ' (zhu3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

手术 (手術)
技术 (技術)
武术 (武術)
艺术 (藝術)
艺术家 (藝術家)
魔术 (魔術)
魔术师 (魔術師)

Uncommon

学术 (學術)
心术 (心術)
战术 (戰術)
算术 (算術)
美术 (美術)
美术馆 (美術館)
艺术品 (藝術品)
艺术节 (藝術節)
术语 (術語)
骗术 (騙術)

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  • 56th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.26% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 583 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiā (Jia1)surname Jia
2. jiā (jia1)home • family • classifier for families or businesses • refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China • noun suffix for specialists in some activity such as musician or revolutionary, corresponds to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

回家 
大家 
玩家 

Uncommon

人家 
作家 
冤家 
到家 
合家 
咱家 
商家 
回老家 
国家 (國家)
墨家 
娘家 
宜家 
家人 
家伙 
家具 
家务 (家務)
家园 (家園)
家子 
家居 
家属 (家屬)
家常 
家庭 
家族 
家用 
家里 (家裡)
家乡 (家鄉)
家长 (家長)
家门 (家門)
专家 (專家)
居家 
想家 
搬家 
独家 (獨家)
皇家 
石家庄 (石家莊)
科学家 (科學家)
老人家 
老家 
自家 
艺术家 (藝術家)
评论家 (評論家)
买家 (買家)
邻家 (鄰家)
阖家 (闔家)

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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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