• 657th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 244 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xuè (xue4)blood • informal colloquial and Taiwan pr. [xie3] • also pr. [xue3] • CL:滴[di1],片[pian4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for xuè (xue4)The component is pronounced as 'xuè' (xue4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

冷血 
出血 
吸血鬼 
喋血 
热血 (熱血)
血压 (血壓)
血液 
血管 
血色 

Uncommon

一针见血 (一針見血)
充血 
吸血 
嗜血 
坏血病 (壞血病)
心血 
心血管 
抽血 
放血 
止血 
气血 (氣血)
活血 
流血 
浴血 
混血 
混血儿 (混血兒)
狗血 
献血 (獻血)
白血病 
血型 
血战 (血戰)
血拼 
血本 
血栓 
血案 
血气 (血氣)
血水 
血汗 
血流 
血淋淋 
血泪 (血淚)
血球 
血统 (血統)
血缘 (血緣)
血肉 
血脂 
血脉 (血脈)
血腥 
血迹 (血跡)
补血 (補血)
贫血 (貧血)
输血 (輸血)
造血 
头破血流 (頭破血流)
高血压 (高血壓)
鲜血 (鮮血)

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  • 92nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.20% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 316 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. běn (ben3)roots or stems of plants • origin • source • this • the current • root • foundation • basis • classifier for books, periodicals, files etc • originally

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

原本 
基本 
日本 
本人 
本来 (本來)
本色 
本身 
根本 
版本 
赵本山 (趙本山)

Uncommon

副本 
剧本 (劇本)
基本上 
墨尔本 (墨爾本)
成本 
文本 
日本人 
书本 (書本)
本事 
本土 
本地 
本子 
本性 
本意 
本文 
本期 
本本 
本科 
本能 
本草 
本质 (本質)
本钱 (本錢)
本领 (本領)
标本 (標本)
笔记本 (筆記本)
亏本 (虧本)
课本 (課本)
资本 (資本)
资本主义 (資本主義)
赫本 

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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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