• 1363rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 45 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lài (Lai4)surname Lai
2. lài (lai4)to depend on • to hang on in a place • bad • to renege (on promise) • to disclaim • to rat (on debts) • rascally • to blame • to put the blame on

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

依赖 (依賴)
信赖 (信賴)
赖床 (賴床)

Uncommon

死皮赖脸 (死皮賴臉)
无赖 (無賴)
百无聊赖 (百無聊賴)
耍赖 (耍賴)
聊赖 (聊賴)
赖皮 (賴皮)

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  • 1604th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 105 words
  • Component in 9 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chāng (Chang1)surname Chang
2. chāng (chang1)prosperous • flourishing

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for chāng (chang1)The component is pronounced as 'chāng' (chang1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

南昌 
武昌 

Uncommon

南昌市 
南昌县 (南昌縣)
宜昌 
宜昌市 
平昌 
文昌 
新昌 
昌吉 
昌平 
昌平区 (昌平區)
昌盛 
荣昌 (榮昌)
乐昌 (樂昌)
武昌区 (武昌區)
西昌 
西昌市 
许昌 (許昌)
赖昌星 (賴昌星)
都昌县 (都昌縣)
顺昌 (順昌)

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  • 537th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 286 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xīng (xing1)star • satellite • small amount

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

三星 
明星 
星座 
星星 
星期 

Uncommon

五星 
五星级 (五星級)
克星 (剋星)
寿星 (壽星)
外星人 
女星 
巨星 
新星 
星光 
星巴克 
星期一 
星期三 
星期二 
星期五 
星期六 
星期四 
星期天 
星期几 (星期幾)
星期日 
星球 
星空 
星级 (星級)
星辰 
星际 (星際)
木星 
歌星 
流星 
流星雨 
火星 
球星 
男星 
福星 
红星 (紅星)
繁星 
卫星 (衛星)
金星 
零星 

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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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