• 1753rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 14 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yuán (Yuan2)surname Yuan
2. yuán (yuan2)long robe (old)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

袁绍 (袁紹)

Uncommon

袁世凯 (袁世凱)
袁宏道 
袁咏仪 (袁詠儀)

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  • 181st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.11% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 276 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shì (Shi4)surname Shi
2. shì (shi4)life • age • generation • era • world • lifetime • epoch • descendant • noble

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

世界 
乱世 (亂世)

Uncommon

一生一世 
世上 
世事 
世人 
世俗 
世家 
世故 
世界观 (世界觀)
世纪 (世紀)
世间 (世間)
乱世佳人 (亂世佳人)
人世 
今世 
出世 
前世 
去世 
在世 
尘世 (塵世)
盛世 
绝世 (絕世)
处世 (處世)

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  • 1445th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 36 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. kǎi (Kai3)surname Kai
2. kǎi (kai3)triumphant • victorious • chi (Greek letter Χχ)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for kǎi (kai3)The component is pronounced as 'kǎi' (kai3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

凯旋 (凱旋)

Uncommon

凯撒 (凱撒)
凯文 (凱文)
凯旋门 (凱旋門)
凯歌 (凱歌)
凯尔特人 (凱爾特人)
凯特 (凱特)
凯迪拉克 (凱迪拉克)
凯里 (凱里)
袁世凯 (袁世凱)

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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.