• 2174th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 52 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhàng (zhang4)account • bill • debt • CL:本[ben3],筆|笔[bi3]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhàng (zhang4)The component is pronounced as 'cháng' (chang2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhàng (zhang4)The component is pronounced as 'zhǎng' (zhang3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

账单 (賬單)
账户 (賬戶)
账号 (賬號)

Uncommon

付账 (付賬)
流水账 (流水賬)
混账 (混賬)
结账 (結賬)
旧账 (舊賬)
记账 (記賬)
账本 (賬本)
账簿 (賬簿)
转账 (轉賬)
进账 (進賬)

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  • 92nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.20% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 316 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. běn (ben3)roots or stems of plants • origin • source • this • the current • root • foundation • basis • classifier for books, periodicals, files etc • originally

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

原本 
基本 
日本 
本人 
本来 (本來)
本色 
本身 
根本 
版本 
赵本山 (趙本山)

Uncommon

副本 
剧本 (劇本)
基本上 
墨尔本 (墨爾本)
成本 
文本 
日本人 
书本 (書本)
本事 
本土 
本地 
本子 
本性 
本意 
本文 
本期 
本本 
本科 
本能 
本草 
本质 (本質)
本钱 (本錢)
本领 (本領)
标本 (標本)
笔记本 (筆記本)
亏本 (虧本)
课本 (課本)
资本 (資本)
资本主义 (資本主義)
赫本 

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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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