• 1001st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 105 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xuě (Xue3)surname Xue
2. xuě (xue3)snow • snowfall • CL:場|场[chang2] • to have the appearance of snow • to wipe away, off or out • to clean

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

下雪 
雪花 

Uncommon

冰雪 
大雪 
小雪 
滑雪 
瑞雪 
白雪 
积雪 (積雪)
雨夹雪 (雨夾雪)
雪人 
雪梨 
雪白 
雪碧 
雪糕 
雪豹 
风花雪月 (風花雪月)
飞雪 (飛雪)

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  • 14th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.57% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 825 words
  • Component in 15 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhōng (Zhong1)China • Chinese • surname Zhong
2. zhōng (zhong1)within • among • in • middle • center • while (doing sth) • during
3. zhòng (zhong4)to hit (the mark) • to be hit by • to suffer • to win (a prize, a lottery)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

中午 
中国 (中國)
中国人 (中國人)
中央 
中心 
中意 
中文 
中奖 (中獎)
中华 (中華)
中间 (中間)
之中 
其中 
高中 

Uncommon

中介 
中伤 (中傷)
中共 
中南海 
中原 
中国式 (中國式)
中场 (中場)
中外 
中天 
中学 (中學)
中学生 (中學生)
中层 (中層)
中山 
中年 
中庸 
中式 
中性 
中指 
中新网 (中新網)
中断 (中斷)
中方 
中旬 
中暑 
中期 
中东 (中東)
中枢 (中樞)
中毒 
中环 (中環)
中产 (中產)
中石化 
中秋 
中秋节 (中秋節)
中立 
中等 
中级 (中級)
中老年 
中肯 
中兴 (中興)
中药 (中藥)
中行 
中西 
中转 (中轉)
中途 
中游 (中遊)
中部 
中医 (中醫)
中锋 (中鋒)
中关村 (中關村)
中风 (中風)
中饭 (中飯)
中餐 
个中 (個中)
初中 
台中 
命中 
命中率 
国中 (國中)
地中海 
梦中 (夢中)
孙中山 (孫中山)
家中 
市中心 
年中 
从中 (從中)
心中 
意中人 
击中 (擊中)
暗中 
无中生有 (無中生有)
猜中 
当中 (當中)
目中无人 (目中無人)
看中 
空中 
美中不足 
途中 
适中 (適中)
选中 (選中)
集中 
集中营 (集中營)
高中生 

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  • 655th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 95 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. sòng (song4)to deliver • to carry • to give (as a present) • to present (with) • to see off • to send

Pronunciation Clues

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Example Words

Common

传送 (傳送)
发送 (發送)
赠送 (贈送)
送礼 (送禮)
送给 (送給)

Uncommon

接送 
放送 
断送 (斷送)
目送 
护送 (護送)
送人 
送别 (送別)
送去 
送行 
送货 (送貨)
送走 
送达 (送達)
运送 (運送)
配送 

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  • 2364th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 29 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
𠂇丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tàn (tan4)wood charcoal • coal • carbon

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for tàn (tan4)The component is pronounced as 'shān' (shan1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

煤炭 

Uncommon

木炭 
活性炭 
火炭 
焦炭 
雪中送炭 
黑炭 

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.