• 998th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 116 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dǐng (ding3)apex • crown of the head • top • roof • to carry on the head • to push to the top • to go against • most • to replace • to substitute • classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc • to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile (internet slang)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dǐng (ding3)The component is pronounced as 'dīng' (ding1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

屋顶 (屋頂)
山顶 (山頂)
顶住 (頂住)
顶多 (頂多)
顶级 (頂級)

Uncommon

封顶 (封頂)
平顶山 (平頂山)
房顶 (房頂)
楼顶 (樓頂)
机顶盒 (機頂盒)
秃顶 (禿頂)
车顶 (車頂)
透顶 (透頂)
醍醐灌顶 (醍醐灌頂)
顶上 (頂上)
顶呱呱 (頂呱呱)
顶嘴 (頂嘴)
顶天立地 (頂天立地)
顶尖 (頂尖)
顶层 (頂層)
顶峰 (頂峰)
顶撞 (頂撞)
顶替 (頂替)
顶楼 (頂樓)
顶灯 (頂燈)
顶班 (頂班)
顶用 (頂用)
顶端 (頂端)
顶部 (頂部)
顶风 (頂風)
顶点 (頂點)
头顶 (頭頂)

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  • 16th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.55% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 480 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shǎng (shang3)see 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
2. shàng (shang4)on top • upon • above • upper • previous • first (of multiple parts) • to climb • to get onto • to go up • to attend (class or university)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

上海 
上班 
上网 (上網)
爱上 (愛上)
早上 
晚上 
马上 (馬上)

Uncommon

上下 
上来 (上來)
上传 (上傳)
上午 
上去 
上台 
上司 
上场 (上場)
上坟 (上墳)
上天 
上学 (上學)
上山 
上市 
上帝 
上床 
上手 
上扬 (上揚)
上升 (上昇)
上映 
上海市 
上演 
上涨 (上漲)
上火 
上班族 
上瘾 (上癮)
上级 (上級)
上线 (上線)
上行 
上街 
上衣 
上课 (上課)
上路 
上身 
上车 (上車)
上辈子 (上輩子)
上门 (上門)
上阵 (上陣)
上面 
世上 
之上 
以上 
加上 
史上 
向上 
地上 
基本上 
天上 
奉上 
实际上 (實際上)
戴上 
楼上 (樓上)
海上 
爬上 
献上 (獻上)
登上 
皇上 
看上 
看上去 
穿上 
考上 
至上 
台上 (臺上)
赶上 (趕上)
路上 
踏上 
身上 
迷上 
闭上 (閉上)
关上 (關上)
附上 

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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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