在
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to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 1
- Old HSK
- Level 1
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 土 +3
- Structure
- Upper-left enclosure 左上包
- Traditional
- 在
- Common rank
- #365
- Unicode
- U+5728
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 在
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 在家 | to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差… | |
| 正在 | to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing | |
| 现在 | now; at present; currently | |
| 大有人在 | there are plenty of such people | |
| 高高在上 | (idiom) situated high; aloft; (idiom) (fig.) aloof and remote; situated above the masses a… | |
| 不自在 | uneasy; ill at ease | |
| 在地下 | underground | |
| 出门在外 | to be away from home; to live away from one's family | |
| 在家千日好，出门一时难 | lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home … | |
| 美国在线 | America Online (AOL) | |
| 事在人为 | the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort; With eff… | |
| 在下面 | underneath | |
| 不在话下 | to be nothing difficult; to be a cinch | |
| 放在心上 | to care about; to take seriously; to take to heart | |
| 无所不在 | omnipresent | |
| 不在意 | to pay no attention to; not to mind | |
| 无处不在 | to be everywhere | |
| 不在 | not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased | |
| 在一起 | together | |
| 在地 | (Tw) local; native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē]) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 才 — compare how they read.