• 1372nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 19 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chí (Chi2)surname Chi
2. chí (chi2)late • delayed • slow

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for chí (chi2)The component is pronounced as '' (xi1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for chí (chi2)The component is pronounced as 'chuò' (chuo4). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for chí (chi2)The component is pronounced as 'shī' (shi1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 ()
迟到 (遲到)

Medium Frequency

延迟 (延遲)
推迟 (推遲)
迟早 (遲早)
迟疑 (遲疑)
迟缓 (遲緩)
迟迟 (遲遲)
迟钝 (遲鈍)
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  • 1109th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 27 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huǎn (huan3)slow • unhurried • sluggish • gradual • not tense • relaxed • to postpone • to defer • to stall • to stave off • to revive • to recuperate

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

 ()
缓慢 (緩慢)
缓缓 (緩緩)
缓解 (緩解)
舒缓 (舒緩)

Medium Frequency

平缓 (平緩)
延缓 (延緩)
放缓 (放緩)
死缓 (死緩)
减缓 (減緩)
缓刑 (緩刑)
缓和 (緩和)
缓冲 (緩衝)
迟缓 (遲緩)
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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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