• 1898th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 40 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chǒu (Chou3)surname Chou
2. chǒu (chou3)clown • 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox
3. chǒu (chou3)shameful • ugly • disgraceful

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

小丑 
丑闻 (醜聞)
丑陋 (醜陋)

Uncommon

出丑 (出醜)
变丑 (變醜)
辛丑 
丑恶 (醜惡)
丑态 (醜態)

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  • 528th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 113 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
𠁼

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tài (tai4)attitude

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for tài (tai4)The component is pronounced as 'tài' (tai4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for tài (tai4)The component is pronounced as 'dài' (dai4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

心态 (心態)
态度 (態度)
状态 (狀態)
表态 (表態)

Uncommon

动态 (動態)
失态 (失態)
姿态 (姿態)
形态 (形態)
生态 (生態)
病态 (病態)
变态 (變態)

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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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