配
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to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 配
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 德不配位 | one's moral standards are not in keeping with one's social status | |
| 相配人 | match (couple); persons well suited for each other | |
| 配电器 | distributor (automobile) | |
| 分配器 | dispenser (for consumables such as liquid soap); splitter (for cable TV signal etc) | |
| 相配物 | thing that is well suited; pet animal that suits its owner | |
| 配方法 | completing the square (method of solving quadratic equation, math.) | |
| 配对儿 | matched pair | |
| 业配文 | (Tw) advertorial | |
| 同型配子 | isogamete | |
| 配子 | gamete | |
| 配有 | to be equipped with; to come with (sth) | |
| 配镜人员 | optician | |
| 配体 | ligand | |
| 分配 | to distribute; to assign; to allocate; to partition (a hard drive) | |
| 发配 | to send away to serve a penal sentence | |
| 配发 | to issue; to distribute; to publish along with | |
| 装配线 | assembly line; production line | |
| 配合 | matching; fitting in with; compatible with; to correspond; to fit; to conform to; rapport;… | |
| 配接卡 | adapter (device) | |
| 配重 | bobweight; (diving) weight |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 己 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 己 sound part | self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem | |
| 起 | to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up | |
| 纪 | discipline, age; period, era; record, annal | |
| 忌 | jealous, envious; to fear; to shun | |
| 杞 | willow, medlar tree; a small feudal state | |
| 岂 | what; how | |
| 芑 | white millet | |
| 圮 | destroyed, ruined; to injure; to subvert | |
| 屺 | a grassy knoll; a barren knoll |