• 1206th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 54 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ke4)subject • course • CL: 門|门[men2] • class • lesson • CL:堂[tang2],節|节[jie2] • to levy • tax • form of divination

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

上课 (上課)
补课 (補課)

Uncommon

下课 (下課)
停课 (停課)
功课 (功課)
必修课 (必修課)
授课 (授課)
翘课 (翹課)
听课 (聽課)
课堂 (課堂)
课外 (課外)
课室 (課室)
课文 (課文)
课本 (課本)
课桌 (課桌)
课程 (課程)
课表 (課表)
课间 (課間)
课题 (課題)
讲课 (講課)
逃课 (逃課)
选课 (選課)
开课 (開課)

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  • 135th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 228 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiān (jian1)between • among • within a definite time or space • room • section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars • classifier for rooms
2. jiàn (jian4)gap • to separate • to thin out (seedlings) • to sow discontent

Pronunciation Clues

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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

之间 (之間)
夜间 (夜間)
房间 (房間)
时间 (時間)
瞬间 (瞬間)
空间 (空間)

Uncommon

世间 (世間)
中间 (中間)
人间 (人間)
晚间 (晚間)
期间 (期間)
民间 (民間)
无间 (無間)
突然间 (突然間)
卫生间 (衛生間)
开间 (開間)
间断 (間斷)
间谍 (間諜)

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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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