• 519th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 176 words
  • Component in 24 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. hēi (Hei1)abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]
2. hēi (hei1)black • dark • (loanword) to hack

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for hēi (hei1)The component is pronounced as 'huǒ' (huo3). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for hēi (hei1)The component is pronounced as 'hēi' (hei1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

黑夜 
黑暗 
黑社会 (黑社會)
黑色 

Uncommon

抹黑 
摸黑 
漆黑 
变黑 (變黑)
黑人 
黑客 
黑幕 
黑帮 (黑幫)
黑心 
黑斑 
黑木耳 
黑板 
黑洞 
黑白 
黑色素 
黑芝麻 
黑莓 
黑车 (黑車)
黑道 
黑马 (黑馬)
黑发 (黑髮)
黑龙江 (黑龍江)

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  • 166th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.13% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 347 words
  • Component in 17 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiā (Jia1)abbr. for Canada 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]
2. jiā (jia1)to add • plus

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

加入 
加油 
参加 (參加)
增加 
更加 

Uncommon

加上 
加以 
加倍 
加大 
加州 
加工 
加强 (加強)
加快 
加拿大 
加油站 
加深 
加热 (加熱)
加班 
加盟 
加薪 
加号 (加號)
加速 
加重 
加点 (加點)
外加 
新加坡 
添加 
芝加哥 

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  • 2134th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 25 words
  • Component in 8 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lún (lun2)to arrange
2. lún (lun2)Kunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

昆仑 (崑崙)
拿破仑 (拿破侖)

Uncommon

加仑 (加崙)
北仑 (北侖)
北仑区 (北侖區)
昆仑山 (崑崙山)
黑加仑 (黑加崙)

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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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