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Visual pattern

冖 component

mì · cover

A recurring visual building block found inside multiple Chinese characters. Compare what stays the same and what changes across the family.

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A repeatable reading move

How to use 冖

Use the component as a clue, then verify the complete character.

1

Spot 冖

Find the repeated shape and notice where it sits before trying to memorize the whole character.

2

Compare the visual pattern

Use the stable shape to recognize the family, without assuming it always supplies meaning or sound.

3

Check what changes

Read the remaining component, then confirm the full pinyin, meaning, and stroke order on the character page.

Shared clue冖Visual pattern

Read the pattern before memorizing the list

Use the shared shape as a recognition anchor, then confirm the full character's pronunciation and meaning.

The component page is a learning family; the radical page is a dictionary index. A shape can serve both roles.

Compare the family

What stays the same, what changes?

Each card keeps 冖 visible while showing the other building blocks and the completed character.

亮=
亠+口+冖+几
liàngHSK 3.0 · L4

bright, brilliant, radiant, light

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牵=
大+冖+牛
qiānHSK 3.0 · L6

to drag, to pull, to lead by the hand

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More characters to try

Open any character for animation, writing feedback, examples, and a printable worksheet.

⺳⺳军jūn农nóng孛bèi劳láo冝yí茕qióng茔yíng帚zhǒu冠guān軍jūn荦luò侵qīn荣róng亭tíng荥xíng泶xué荧yíng亳bó隺hú浸jìn冣jù冡méng冥míng唚qìn索suǒ莺yīng莹yíng冢zhǒng帶dài毫háo牽qiān萤yíng营yíng萦yíng赍jī喾kù勞láo幂mì锓qǐn舜shùn壹yī愛ài彀gòu鲎hòu彙huì寝qǐn煢qióng塋yíng蓥yíng甍méng夢mèng寢qǐn榮róng睿ruì臺tái滎xíng熒yíng疐zhì穀gǔ瞢méng瑩yíng薨hōng黉hóng冪mì橐tuó學xué營yíng縈yíng螢yíng轂gǔ觳hú鎣yíng鶯yīng鬱yù
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Words you can read next

These words contain characters from the 冖 family. Open one to see its complete breakdown.

爱ài

to love

HSK 3.0 · L1大学dàxué

the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism

HSK 3.0 · L1大学生dàxuéshēng

university student

HSK 3.0 · L1觉得juéde

to think that ...

HSK 3.0 · L1漂亮piàoliang

pretty

HSK 3.0 · L1上学shàngxué

to go to school

HSK 3.0 · L1睡觉shuìjiào

to go to bed

HSK 3.0 · L1同学tóngxué

to study at the same school

HSK 3.0 · L1小学xiǎoxué

elementary school

HSK 3.0 · L1小学生xiǎoxuéshēng

primary school student

HSK 3.0 · L1写xiě

to write

HSK 3.0 · L1学xué

to learn

HSK 3.0 · L1