• 1000th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 192 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

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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  • 189th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.11% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 598 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. hǎi (Hai3)surname Hai
2. hǎi (hai3)ocean • sea • CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

上海 
大海 
海南 
海洋 
海量 
海鲜 (海鮮)

Uncommon

上海市 
上海话 (上海話)
下海 
中南海 
五湖四海 
人山人海 
人海 
什刹海 (什剎海)
出海 
刘海 (劉海)
加勒比海 
北海 
北海道 
南海 
南海区 (南海區)
地中海 
威海 
宁海 (寧海)
爱琴海 (愛琴海)
排山倒海 
东海 (東海)
沿海 
法海 
洱海 
海上 
海信 
海南岛 (海南島)
海参 (海參)
海口 
海啸 (海嘯)
海域 
海报 (海報)
海外 
海宁 (海寧)
海岸 
海岸线 (海岸線)
海岛 (海島)
海峡 (海峽)
海带 (海帶)
海底 
海拔 
海星 
海景 
海枯石烂 (海枯石爛)
海归 (海歸)
海水 
海浪 
海港 
海淀 (海澱)
海淀区 (海澱區)
海滨 (海濱)
海滩 (海灘)
海湾 (海灣)
海尔 (海爾)
海珠 
海珠区 (海珠區)
海盗 (海盜)
海米 
海绵 (海綿)
海胆 (海膽)
海航 
海苔 
海藻 
海螺 
海里 (海裡)
海角 
海丰 (海豐)
海豚 
海豹 
海贼 (海賊)
海军 (海軍)
海选 (海選)
海边 (海邊)
海门 (海門)
海阔天空 (海闊天空)
海关 (海關)
海陆 (海陸)
海面 
海风 (海風)
海马 (海馬)
海鸥 (海鷗)
海龟 (海龜)
深海 
渤海 
澄海 
滨海 (濱海)
珠海 
珠海市 
福如东海 (福如東海)
翻江倒海 
脑海 (腦海)
航海 
苦海 
青海 

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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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