• 1940th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 44 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xián (xian2)worthy or virtuous person • honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

贤内助 (賢內助)
贤惠 (賢惠)

Uncommon

先贤 (先賢)
奉贤 (奉賢)
奉贤区 (奉賢區)
招贤纳士 (招賢納士)
普贤菩萨 (普賢菩薩)
王祖贤 (王祖賢)
圣贤 (聖賢)
见贤思齐 (見賢思齊)
贤人 (賢人)
贤妻良母 (賢妻良母)
贤淑 (賢淑)
贤良 (賢良)
进贤 (進賢)
集贤 (集賢)

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  • 1074th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 24 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (qi1)wife
2. (qi4)to marry off (a daughter)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (qi1)The component is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (qi4)The component is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

夫妻 
妻子 

Uncommon

前妻 

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  • 833rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 113 words
  • Component in 15 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. liáng (liang2)good • very • very much

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

不良 
善良 
良好 
良心 

Uncommon

优良 (優良)
奥尔良 (奧爾良)
改良 
消化不良 
良久 
良友 
良多 
良性 
良方 
良机 (良機)
良田 
良知 
良药 (良藥)
贤妻良母 (賢妻良母)
马良 (馬良)

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  • 565th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 153 words
  • Component in 28 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph availableNo glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (mu3)female • mother

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (mu3)The component is pronounced as '' (mu3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

母亲 (母親)
父母 

Uncommon

丈母 
丈母娘 
伯母 
字母 
岳母 
母乳 
母女 
母子 
母爱 (母愛)
母校 
母亲节 (母親節)
母鸡 (母雞)
水母 
父母亲 (父母親)
祖母 
圣母 (聖母)
舅母 
航母 

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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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