• 471st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 398 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. ā (A1)abbr. for Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]
2. ā (a1)prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity • used in transliteration • also pr. [a4]
3. ē (e1)flatter

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

阿哥 
阿姨 
阿妈 (阿媽)
阿弥陀佛 (阿彌陀佛)
阿门 (阿門)

Uncommon

东阿 (東阿)
沙特阿拉伯 
迈阿密 (邁阿密)
阿修罗 (阿修羅)
阿们 (阿們)
阿伦 (阿倫)
阿克苏 (阿克蘇)
阿公 
阿凡达 (阿凡達)
阿勒泰 
阿司匹林 
阿坝 (阿壩)
阿奶 
阿妹 
阿姆斯特丹 
阿姆斯特朗 
阿婆 
阿富汗 
阿布扎比 
阿弟 
阿德莱德 (阿德萊德)
阿拉 
阿拉丁 
阿拉伯 
阿拉伯人 
阿拉伯海 
阿拉伯语 (阿拉伯語)
阿拉斯加 
阿斗 
阿斯匹林 
阿明 
阿曼 
阿根廷 
阿森 
阿比 
阿波罗 (阿波羅)
阿爸 
阿爹 
阿尔卑斯 (阿爾卑斯)
阿尔卑斯山 (阿爾卑斯山)
阿尔及利亚 (阿爾及利亞)
阿尔法 (阿爾法)
阿甘正传 (阿甘正傳)
阿盟 
阿联酋 (阿聯酋)
阿胶 (阿膠)
阿莫西林 
阿萨姆 (阿薩姆)
阿萨德 (阿薩德)
阿兰 (阿蘭)
阿谀 (阿諛)
阿诺 (阿諾)
阿迪达斯 (阿迪達斯)
阿里 
阿里山 
阿里巴巴 
阿里郎 
阿难 (阿難)
阿飞 (阿飛)
阿鲁巴 (阿魯巴)

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  • 278th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 189 words
  • Component in 9 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Si1)surname Si
2. (si1)to take charge of • to manage • department (under a ministry)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (si1)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

公司 
司机 (司機)

Uncommon

上司 
分公司 
司令 
司法 
吐司 
寿司 (壽司)
子公司 
官司 
盎司 
阿司匹林 

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  • 1905th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 23 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (pi1)mate • one of a pair
2. (pi3)classifier for horses, mules etc • Taiwan pr. [pi1] • ordinary person • classifier for cloth: bolt • horsepower

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

匹配 
阿司匹林 

Uncommon

匹夫 
匹敌 (匹敵)
单枪匹马 (單槍匹馬)
奥林匹克 (奧林匹克)
阿斯匹林 
马匹 (馬匹)

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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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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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