• 1565th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 48 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jià (Jia4)surname Jia
2. jià (jia4)to harness • to draw (a cart etc) • to drive • to pilot • to sail • to ride • your good self • prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辞)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jià (jia4)The component is pronounced as 'jiā' (jia1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

大驾 (大駕)
驾照 (駕照)
驾车 (駕車)
驾驭 (駕馭)
驾驶 (駕駛)

Uncommon

保驾 (保駕)
酒驾 (酒駕)
驾轻就熟 (駕輕就熟)
驾驶员 (駕駛員)
驾驶证 (駕駛證)

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  • 460th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 110 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qīng (qing1)light • easy • gentle • soft • reckless • unimportant • frivolous • small in number • unstressed • neutral • to disparage

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

年轻 (年輕)
轻易 (輕易)
轻轻 (輕輕)
轻松 (輕鬆)

Uncommon

年轻人 (年輕人)
减轻 (減輕)
轻便 (輕便)
轻信 (輕信)
轻度 (輕度)
轻微 (輕微)
轻快 (輕快)
轻柔 (輕柔)
轻浮 (輕浮)
轻狂 (輕狂)
轻盈 (輕盈)
轻而易举 (輕而易舉)
轻声 (輕聲)
轻蔑 (輕蔑)
轻薄 (輕薄)
轻视 (輕視)
轻轨 (輕軌)
轻灵 (輕靈)

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  • 27th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.40% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 84 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
𠂇

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiù (jiu4)at once • right away • only • just (emphasis) • as early as • already • as soon as • then • in that case • as many as • even if • to approach • to move towards • to undertake • to engage in • to suffer • subjected to • to accomplish • to take advantage of • to go with (of foods) • with regard to • concerning

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiù (jiu4)The component is pronounced as 'jīng' (jing1). It has the same pinyin initial.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

成就 

Uncommon

就算 

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  • 1033rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 75 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shóu (shou2)see 熟[shu2]
2. shú (shu2)cooked (of food) • ripe (of fruit) • mature (of seeds) • familiar • skilled • done

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shóu (shou2)The component is pronounced as 'shú' (shu2). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for shóu (shou2)The component is pronounced as 'tóu' (tou2). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for shóu (shou2)The component is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for shú (shu2)The component is pronounced as 'shú' (shu2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
5. Pronunciation clue for shú (shu2)The component is pronounced as 'zhǔ' (zhu3). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

成熟 
熟悉 

Uncommon

催熟 
早熟 
煮熟 
熟人 
熟睡 
熟练 (熟練)
眼熟 

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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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