• 2054th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 51 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (xi1)tin (chemistry) • to bestow • to confer • to grant • Taiwan pr. [xi2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (xi1)The component is pronounced as '' (yi4). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (xi1)The component is pronounced as '' (ri4). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

无锡 (無錫)

Uncommon

刘禹锡 (劉禹錫)
无锡市 (無錫市)
锡山 (錫山)
锡山区 (錫山區)
锡林浩特 (錫林浩特)
锡兰 (錫蘭)
麦肯锡 (麥肯錫)

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  • 364th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 324 words
  • Component in 33 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lín (Lin2)surname Lin
2. lín (lin2)woods • forest • CL:片[pian4] • circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) • a collection (of similar things)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for lín (lin2)The component is pronounced as 'lín' (lin2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

吉林 
少林寺 
林黛玉 
桂林 
森林 
武林 

Uncommon

克林顿 (克林頓)
凡士林 
丛林 (叢林)
吉林市 
吉林省 
园林 (園林)
奥林匹克 (奧林匹克)
富兰克林 (富蘭克林)
少林 
巴林 
布鲁克林 (布魯克林)
斯大林 
杏林 
林则徐 (林則徐)
林子 
林彪 
林心如 
林忆莲 (林憶蓮)
林木 
林冲 (林沖)
林立 
林肯 
林芝 
林青霞 
柏林 
格林 
梅林 
椰林 
榆林 
树林 (樹林)
玉林 
田林 
石林 
穆斯林 
竹林 
红树林 (紅樹林)
蔡依林 
阿司匹林 
雨林 
黑森林 

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  • 1811th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 22 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. guō (Guo1)surname Guo
2. guō (guo1)outer city wall

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

郭晶晶 
郭沫若 

Uncommon

锡林郭勒 (錫林郭勒)
锡林郭勒盟 (錫林郭勒盟)

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  • 964th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 124 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (le4)to rein in • to compel • to force • to carve • to engrave • (literary) to command • to lead • lux (unit of illumination) • (literary) bridle
2. lēi (lei1)to strap tightly • to bind

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (le4)The component is pronounced as '' (li4). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for (le4)The component is pronounced as '' (ge2). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for lēi (lei1)The component is pronounced as '' (li4). It has the same pinyin initial.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

加勒比 
加勒比海 
勾勒 
希特勒 
泰勒 
费德勒 (費德勒)
马勒 (馬勒)

Uncommon

克莱斯勒 (克萊斯勒)
列宁格勒 (列寧格勒)
勒令 
勒死 
勒索 
勒紧 (勒緊)
巴勒斯坦 
库尔勒 (庫爾勒)
弥勒 (彌勒)
弥勒佛 (彌勒佛)
悬崖勒马 (懸崖勒馬)
格勒 
洛克菲勒 
罗勒 (羅勒)
那不勒斯 
阿勒泰 

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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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