• 153rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 234 words
  • Component in 60 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiàn (jian4)to see • to meet • to appear (to be sth) • to interview
2. xiàn (xian4)to appear

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiàn (jian4)The component is pronounced as 'jiàn' (jian4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for jiàn (jian4)The component is pronounced as 'xiàn' (xian4). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for xiàn (xian4)The component is pronounced as 'jiàn' (jian4). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for xiàn (xian4)The component is pronounced as 'xiàn' (xian4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

再见 (再見)
梦见 (夢見)
意见 (意見)
看见 (看見)
听见 (聽見)
见到 (見到)
见面 (見面)
遇见 (遇見)

Uncommon

一见如故 (一見如故)
不见 (不見)
不见不散 (不見不散)
不见得 (不見得)
主见 (主見)
偏见 (偏見)
回见 (回見)
常见 (常見)
接见 (接見)
撞见 (撞見)
明天见 (明天見)
会见 (會見)
相见 (相見)
相见恨晚 (相見恨晚)
眼见 (眼見)
碰见 (碰見)
罕见 (罕見)
能见度 (能見度)
见效 (見效)
见义勇为 (見義勇為)
见习生 (見習生)
见闻 (見聞)
见解 (見解)
见谅 (見諒)
见证 (見證)
见识 (見識)
见鬼 (見鬼)
视而不见 (視而不見)
详见 (詳見)
远见 (遠見)
难得一见 (難得一見)
预见 (預見)

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  • 201st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 233 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiè (Xie4)surname Xie
2. jiě (jie3)to divide • to break up • to split • to separate • to dissolve • to solve • to melt • to remove • to untie • to loosen • to open • to emancipate • to explain • to understand • to know • a solution • a dissection
3. jiè (jie4)to transport under guard
4. xiè (xie4)acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) • variant of 懈[xie4] and 邂[xie4] (old)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiě (jie3)The component is pronounced as 'jué' (jue2). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for jiě (jie3)The component is pronounced as 'jiǎo' (jiao3). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for jiè (jie4)The component is pronounced as 'jué' (jue2). It has the same pinyin initial.
4. Pronunciation clue for jiè (jie4)The component is pronounced as 'jiǎo' (jiao3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

了解 
理解 
解决 (解決)
解释 (解釋)

Uncommon

不解 
分解 
化解 
和解 
善解人意 
求解 
溶解 
瓦解 
破解 
缓解 (緩解)
见解 (見解)
解冻 (解凍)
解剖 
解压 (解壓)
解密 
解放 
解放军 (解放軍)
解救 
解散 
解析 
解毒 
解码 (解碼)
解禁 
解答 
解脱 (解脫)
解药 (解藥)
解说 (解說)
解说员 (解說員)
解读 (解讀)
解酒 
解锁 (解鎖)
解开 (解開)
解除 
详解 (詳解)
误解 (誤解)
调解 (調解)
谅解 (諒解)
讲解 (講解)
费解 (費解)
辩解 (辯解)

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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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