• 260th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 534 words
  • Component in 492 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jīn (Jin1)surname Jin • surname Kim (Korean) • Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
2. jīn (jin1)gold • chemical element Au • generic term for lustrous and ductile metals • money • golden • highly respected • one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jīn (jin1)The component is pronounced as 'jīn' (jin1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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also appears in:

Example Words

Common

基金 
现金 (現金)
资金 (資金)
金刚 (金剛)
金字塔 
金币 (金幣)
金枝玉叶 (金枝玉葉)
金牛 
金牛座 
金融 
金钱 (金錢)
金陵 
黄金 (黃金)

Uncommon

公积金 (公積金)
千金 
合金 
吸金 
基金会 (基金會)
小金 
押金 
淘金 
潘金莲 (潘金蓮)
奖学金 (獎學金)
奖金 (獎金)
瑞金 
白金 
眼冒金星 
租金 
纸醉金迷 (紙醉金迷)
紫金 
美金 
旧金山 (舊金山)
足金 
重金 
重金属 (重金屬)
金子 
金属 (金屬)
金山 
金库 (金庫)
金庸 
金星 
金榜 
金枪鱼 (金槍魚)
金橘 
金正恩 
金正日 
金沙 
金沙江 
金灿灿 (金燦燦)
金牌 
金奖 (金獎)
金球奖 (金球獎)
金砖 (金磚)
金矿 (金礦)
金童玉女 
金色 
金华 (金華)
金华市 (金華市)
金针 (金針)
金针菇 (金針菇)
金银 (金銀)
金钱豹 (金錢豹)
金门 (金門)
金鸡 (金雞)
金额 (金額)
金发 (金髮)
金鱼 (金魚)
金黄 (金黃)
金黄色 (金黃色)
霍金 
养老金 (養老金)
郁金香 (鬱金香)
黄金周 (黃金周)

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  • 1701st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 43 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. píng (ping2)bottle • vase • pitcher • CL:個|个[ge4] • classifier for wine and liquids

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for píng (ping2)The component is pronounced as 'bìng' (bing4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

水瓶座 

Uncommon

吊瓶 
奶瓶 
瓶子 
瓶颈 (瓶頸)
花瓶 

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  • 1157th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 71 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. méi (Mei2)surname Mei
2. méi (mei2)plum • plum flower • Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
3. méi (mei2)variant of 梅[mei2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for méi (mei2)The component is pronounced as 'měi' (mei3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for méi (mei2)The component is pronounced as '' (mu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for méi (mei2)The component is pronounced as '' (mu3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

梅州 
梅花 
腊梅 (臘梅)

Uncommon

卡梅伦 (卡梅倫)
望梅止渴 
梅子 
梅林 
梅毒 
梅县 (梅縣)
梅花鹿 
梅兰芳 (梅蘭芳)
梅雨 
杨梅 (楊梅)
话梅 (話梅)
踏雪寻梅 (踏雪尋梅)
酸梅 
金瓶梅 
黄梅戏 (黃梅戲)

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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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