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识

Previous (让)Next (候)
  • 340th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 42 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
识→
讠只
2Radical
识→
讠speech口mouth八eight/divide
3Graphical
识→
㇊丶口八

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shí (shi2)to know • knowledge • Taiwan pr. [shi4]
2. zhì (zhi4)to record • to write a footnote

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 识 shí (shi2)The component 只 is pronounced as 'zhǐ' (zhi3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for 识 shí (shi2)The component 只 is pronounced as 'zhī' (zhi1). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for 识 zhì (zhi4)The component 只 is pronounced as 'zhǐ' (zhi3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
4. Pronunciation clue for 识 zhì (zhi4)The component 只 is pronounced as 'zhī' (zhi1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

High Frequency

意识 (意識)
标识 (標識)
知识 (知識)
认识 (認識)

Medium Frequency

共识 (共識)
学识 (學識)
常识 (常識)
潜意识 (潛意識)
相识 (相識)
结识 (結識)
胆识 (膽識)
见识 (見識)
识 (識)
识别 (識別)
识字 (識字)
识破 (識破)
赏识 (賞識)
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字

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Previous (罗)Next (爱)
  • 393rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 111 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
字→
宀子
2Radical
字→
宀roof子child
3Graphical
字→
冖丶㇇亅一

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zì (zi4)letter • symbol • character • word • CL:個|个[ge4] • courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 字 zì (zi4)The component 子 is pronounced as 'zǐ' (zi3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for 字 zì (zi4)The component 子 is pronounced as 'zi' (zi5). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

High Frequency

名字 
字 
数字 (數字)

Medium Frequency

十字 
十字架 
十字绣 (十字繡)
十字路口 
字典 
字幕 
字数 (字數)
字样 (字樣)
字母 
字眼 
字号 (字號)
字迹 (字跡)
字体 (字體)
写字楼 (寫字樓)
打字 
文字 
汉字 (漢字)
码字 (碼字)
签字 (簽字)
识字 (識字)
金字塔 
错别字 (錯別字)
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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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