• 153rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% 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 'jiōng' (jiong1). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for jiàn (jian4)The component is pronounced as 'jiàn' (jian4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
3. Pronunciation clue for jiàn (jian4)The component is pronounced as 'xiàn' (xian4). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for xiàn (xian4)The component is pronounced as 'jiàn' (jian4). It has the same pinyin final.
5. Pronunciation clue for xiàn (xian4)The component is pronounced as 'xiàn' (xian4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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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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  • 675th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 72 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Xi2)surname Xi
2. (xi2)to practice • to study • habit

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

学习 (學習)
习惯 (習慣)

Uncommon

实习 (實習)
复习 (復習)
练习 (練習)
习俗 (習俗)
习惯性 (習慣性)
自习 (自習)
补习 (補習)

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  • 34th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.35% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 742 words
  • Component in 25 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shēng (sheng1)to be born • to give birth • life • to grow • raw, uncooked

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shēng (sheng1)The component is pronounced as 'shēng' (sheng1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

人生 
先生 
女生 
学生 (學生)
生命 
生日 
生活 
发生 (發生)

Uncommon

一生 
一生一世 
三生有幸 
今生 
来生 (來生)
再生 
出生 
大学生 (大學生)
天生 
学生会 (學生會)
学生证 (學生證)
小学生 (小學生)
新生 
民生 
活生生 
生动 (生動)
生化 
生子 
生存 
生怕 
生意 
生态 (生態)
生成 
生机 (生機)
生死 
生气 (生氣)
生涯 
生物 
生物钟 (生物鐘)
生理 
生产 (生產)
生病 
生肖 
生育 
生菜 
生姜 (生薑)
生长 (生長)
产生 (產生)
男生 
留学生 (留學生)
畜生 
毕业生 (畢業生)
众生 (眾生)
研究生 
终生 (終生)
维生素 (維生素)
考生 
花生 
卫生 (衛生)
卫生巾 (衛生巾)
卫生间 (衛生間)
亲生 (親生)
计生 (計生)
诞生 (誕生)
逃生 
医生 (醫生)
重生 
野生 
陌生 
陌生人 
养生 (養生)
高中生 

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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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