• 1000th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 192 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhèn (zhen4)composed • small town • to suppress • to press down • to guard • garrison • to cool or chill (food or drinks)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhèn (zhen4)The component is pronounced as 'zhēn' (zhen1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

冰镇 (冰鎮)
城镇 (城鎮)
景德镇 (景德鎮)
乡镇 (鄉鎮)
镇压 (鎮壓)
镇定 (鎮定)
镇江 (鎮江)
镇痛 (鎮痛)
镇长 (鎮長)
镇静 (鎮靜)
镇静剂 (鎮靜劑)

Uncommon

北镇 (北鎮)
吴镇宇 (吳鎮宇)
固镇 (固鎮)
城镇化 (城鎮化)
市镇 (市鎮)
景德镇市 (景德鎮市)
朱祁镇 (朱祁鎮)
村镇 (村鎮)
清镇 (清鎮)
清镇市 (清鎮市)
藩镇 (藩鎮)
虎门镇 (虎門鎮)
丰镇 (豐鎮)
重镇 (重鎮)
镇住 (鎮住)
镇区 (鎮區)
镇原 (鎮原)
镇妖 (鎮妖)
镇守 (鎮守)
镇安 (鎮安)
镇定剂 (鎮定劑)
镇巴 (鎮巴)
镇平 (鎮平)
镇江市 (鎮江市)
镇海 (鎮海)
镇痛药 (鎮痛藥)
镇纸 (鎮紙)
镇远 (鎮遠)
镇远县 (鎮遠縣)
集镇 (集鎮)

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  • 729th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 90 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tòng (tong4)ache • pain • sorrow • deeply • thoroughly

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for tòng (tong4)The component is pronounced as 'tǒng' (tong3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for tòng (tong4)The component is pronounced as 'yǒng' (yong3). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for tòng (tong4)The component is pronounced as 'yòng' (yong4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

痛苦 

Uncommon

作痛 
伤痛 (傷痛)
刺痛 
心痛 
牙痛 
疼痛 
病痛 
痛哭 
痛心 
痛快 
痛恨 
痛楚 
痛经 (痛經)
肚子痛 
胃痛 
苦痛 
酸痛 
头痛 (頭痛)

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  • 661st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 165 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
𢆶

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yào (yao4)medicine • drug • cure • CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yào (yao4)The component is pronounced as 'yuè' (Yue4). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for yào (yao4)The component is pronounced as 'yuè' (yue4). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for yào (yao4)The component is pronounced as 'cǎo' (cao3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

中药 (中藥)
吃药 (吃藥)
安眠药 (安眠藥)
山药 (山藥)
感冒药 (感冒藥)
毒药 (毒藥)
良药 (良藥)
药局 (藥局)
药店 (藥店)
药物 (藥物)
农药 (農藥)
医药 (醫藥)

Uncommon

中草药 (中草藥)
入药 (入藥)
制药 (制藥)
吃错药 (吃錯藥)
对症下药 (對症下藥)
弹药 (彈藥)
服药 (服藥)
止痛药 (止痛藥)
消炎药 (消炎藥)
泻药 (瀉藥)
火药 (火藥)
炸药 (炸藥)
无可救药 (無可救藥)
眼药水 (眼藥水)
膏药 (膏藥)
芍药 (芍藥)
草药 (草藥)
药丸 (藥丸)
药剂 (藥劑)
药品 (藥品)
药房 (藥房)
药方 (藥方)
药材 (藥材)
药水 (藥水)
药片 (藥片)
药瓶 (藥瓶)
药用 (藥用)
药监局 (藥監局)
药膏 (藥膏)
药膳 (藥膳)
补药 (補藥)
西药 (西藥)
解药 (解藥)
退烧药 (退燒藥)
避孕药 (避孕藥)
配药 (配藥)
开药 (開藥)
灵药 (靈藥)
麻药 (麻藥)

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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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