• 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.

Appears In

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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  • 1227th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 51 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tóng (Tong2)surname Tong
2. tóng (tong2)boy • child • children

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

儿童 (兒童)
童年 
童话 (童話)

Uncommon

女童 
孩童 
神童 
童子 
童心 
童真 
童装 (童裝)
童言无忌 (童言無忌)
金童玉女 

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  • 999th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 151 words
  • Component in 203 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (yu4)jade

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (yu4)The component is pronounced as 'zhǔ' (zhu3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (yu4)The component is pronounced as '' (yu4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

林黛玉 
玉米 
金枝玉叶 (金枝玉葉)

Uncommon

如花似玉 
宝玉 (寶玉)
张曼玉 (張曼玉)
怜香惜玉 (憐香惜玉)
玉兔 
玉器 
玉山 
玉帝 
玉手 
玉林 
玉树 (玉樹)
玉溪 
玉环 (玉環)
玉皇 
玉皇大帝 
玉石 
玉石俱焚 
玉兰 (玉蘭)
玉龙雪山 (玉龍雪山)
白玉 
碧玉 
美玉 
金玉 
金玉满堂 (金玉滿堂)
金童玉女 

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  • 224th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 225 words
  • Component in 248 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (nu:3)female • woman • daughter
2. (ru3)archaic variant of 汝[ru3]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (nu:3)The component is pronounced as '' (nu:3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (ru3)The component is pronounced as '' (ru3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

女人 
女孩 
女生 
美女 

Uncommon

仙女 
儿女 (兒女)
女仆 (女僕)
女儿 (女兒)
女友 
女士 
女婿 
女娲 (女媧)
女子 
女性 
女星 
女朋友 
女王 
女皇 
女神 
女装 (女裝)
女郎 
侄女 (姪女)
妇女 (婦女)
子女 
宅女 
少女 
歌女 
淑女 
男女 
织女 (織女)
处女 (處女)
闺女 (閨女)
靓女 (靚女)
魔女 

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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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