1. 身
  2. 不
  3. 由
  4. 己

身

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  • 164th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.13% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 155 words
  • Component in 26 characters

Decomposition

1Once
身→
𨈑丿
2Radical
身→
身body
3Graphical
身→
𠂎丶二丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shēn (shen1)body • life • oneself • personally • one's morality and conduct • the main part of a structure or body • pregnant • classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset • Kangxi radical 158

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 身 shēn (shen1)The component 身 is pronounced as 'shēn' (shen1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

身 also appears in:
身射谢躺躲躯躬麝榭謝藭躼軅軈軃窮軉軆躱躶躻躿軀軇鯓躭

Example Words

High Frequency

单身 (單身)
身 
身份 
身价 (身價)
身边 (身邊)
身体 (身體)

Medium Frequency

上身 
人身 
修身 
健身 
健身房 
全身 
出身 
化身 
奋不顾身 (奮不顧身)
感同身受 
替身 
本身 
浑身 (渾身)
满身 (滿身)
现身 (現身)
瘦身 
纹身 (紋身)
终身 (終身)
置身 
翻身 
自身 
亲身 (親身)
起身 
身上 
身不由己 
身亡 
身份证 (身份證)
身子 
身影 
身后 (身後)
身心 
身材 
身为 (身為)
身处 (身處)
身躯 (身軀)
身高 
转身 (轉身)
随身 (隨身)
隐身 (隱身)
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不

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  • 4th most frequent character
  • Adds ~1.16% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 752 words
  • Component in 13 characters

Decomposition

1Once
不→
丆卜
2Radical
不→
一one丿bend卜divination
3Graphical
不→
一丿丨丶

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bù (bu4)(negative prefix) • not • no

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 不 bù (bu4)The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bo' (bo5). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for 不 bù (bu4)The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bǔ' (bu3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Appears In

不 also appears in:
还否环怀坏杯歪甭丕钚孬罘肧

Example Words

High Frequency

不 

Medium Frequency

不久 
不但 
不仅 (不僅)
不到 
不同 
不堪 
不如 
不妨 
不安 
不少 
不已 
不幸 
不得不 
不得了 
不愧 
不舍 (不捨)
不断 (不斷)
不时 (不時)
不止 
不渝 
不满 (不滿)
不为人知 (不為人知)
不然 
不爽 
不理 
不用 
不知不觉 (不知不覺)
不知所措 
不禁 
不管 
不至于 (不至於)
不良 
不见 (不見)
不许 (不許)
不论 (不論)
不足 
不过 (不過)
不错 (不錯)
并不 (並不)
了不起 
只不过 (只不過)
合不拢嘴 (合不攏嘴)
吕不韦 (呂不韋)
好不容易 
对不起 (對不起)
差不多 
怪不得 
意想不到 
与众不同 (與眾不同)
说不定 (說不定)
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由

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  • 136th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.15% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 33 words
  • Component in 24 characters

Decomposition

1Once
由→
No glyph available凵
2Radical
由→
二two丨line凵container
3Graphical
由→
二丨凵

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yóu (you2)to follow • from • it is for...to • reason • cause • because of • due to • to • to leave it (to sb) • by (introduces passive verb)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

由 also appears in:
油抽宙迪届邮袖庙轴笛釉铀胄柚岫妯鼬蚰舳鲉紬軸鈾鮋

Example Words

High Frequency

理由 
由 
自由 

Medium Frequency

由于 (由於)
由衷 
路由器 
身不由己 
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己

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  • 162nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.13% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 30 words
  • Component in 85 characters

Decomposition

1Once
己→
No glyph available乚
2Radical
己→
己oneself
3Graphical
己→
匚乚

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jǐ (ji3)self • oneself • sixth of 10 heavenly stems 十天干 • sixth in order • letter "F" or roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc • hexa

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 己 jǐ (ji3)The component 己 is pronounced as 'jǐ' (ji3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

己 also appears in:
起已己记改纪配凯岂忌妃恺杞皑铠觊闿圮芑桤跽剀紀鱾硙屺垲鵋邔民导包异跑炮港抱胞眠饱泡鲍袍巷熙氓祀咆巳刨抿苞雹疱庖孢泯夔龅岷匏愍缗狍汜珉圯緡飑飽菢砲闀苠遷鈱袌麅窇笣韆鞄褜萢

Example Words

High Frequency

自己 

Medium Frequency

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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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