• 42nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.32% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 255 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xià (xia4)down • downwards • below • lower • later • next (week etc) • second (of two parts) • to decline • to go down • to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

一下 
 
下午 
下载 (下載)
天下 

Medium Frequency

一下子 
上下 
下来 (下來)
下去 
下手 
下班 
下车 (下車)
下辈子 (下輩子)
下酒 
下降 
下雨 
下雪 
下面 
之下 
以下 
倒下 
剩下 
地下 
如下 
写下 (寫下)
底下 
拿下 
接下来 (接下來)
放下 
旗下 
楼下 (樓下)
留下 
当下 (當下)
落下 
许下 (許下)
躺下 
这下 (這下)
乡下 (鄉下)
零下 
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調

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  • 400th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 118 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
調
3Graphical
調

Pinyin & Meaning

1. diào (diao4)to transfer • to move (troops or cadres) • to investigate • to enquire into • accent • view • argument • key (in music) • mode (music) • tune • tone • melody
2. tiáo (tiao2)to harmonize • to reconcile • to blend • to suit well • to season (food) • to provoke • to incite

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 調 tiáo (tiao2)The component is pronounced as 'tián' (tian2). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

High Frequency

低调 (低調)
强调 (強調)
情调 (情調)
空调 (空調)
蓝调 (藍調)
 (調)
调味 (調味)
调戏 (調戲)
调整 (調整)
调料 (調料)
调查 (調查)
调皮 (調皮)
调节 (調節)
高调 (高調)

Medium Frequency

上调 (上調)
下调 (下調)
协调 (協調)
唱反调 (唱反調)
单调 (單調)
基调 (基調)
失调 (失調)
小调 (小調)
搭调 (搭調)
曲调 (曲調)
格调 (格調)
步调 (步調)
烹调 (烹調)
声调 (聲調)
腔调 (腔調)
色调 (色調)
语调 (語調)
调侃 (調侃)
调入 (調入)
调制 (調制)
调剂 (調劑)
调动 (調動)
调匀 (調勻)
调味品 (調味品)
调味料 (調味料)
调和 (調和)
调子 (調子)
调度 (調度)
调情 (調情)
调控 (調控)
调换 (調換)
调教 (調教)
调理 (調理)
调研 (調研)
调色 (調色)
调解 (調解)
调试 (調試)
调配 (調配)
调头 (調頭)
调频 (調頻)
调养 (調養)
跑调 (跑調)
音调 (音調)
风调雨顺 (風調雨順)
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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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