• 87th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.21% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 432 words
  • Component in 15 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhǔ (zhu3)owner • master • host • individual or party concerned • God • Lord • main • to indicate or signify • trump card (in card games)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhǔ (zhu3)The component is pronounced as 'zhǔ' (zhu3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

主人 
主动 (主動)
主持人 
主要 
主角 
主题 (主題)
公主 
地主 

Uncommon

主人公 
主任 
主力 
主场 (主場)
主妇 (主婦)
主宰 
主导 (主導)
主席 
主张 (主張)
主意 
主持 
主播 
主料 
主板 
主机 (主機)
主权 (主權)
主流 
主演 
主管 
主线 (主線)
主编 (主編)
主见 (主見)
主观 (主觀)
主办 (主辦)
主页 (主頁)
主食 
主体 (主體)
做主 
副主席 
君主 
失主 
店主 
教主 
施主 
业主 (業主)
毛主席 
民主 
为主 (為主)
班主任 
社会主义 (社會主義)
自主 
资本主义 (資本主義)
车主 (車主)

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  • 1273rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 65 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (bo1)to sow • to scatter • to spread • to broadcast • Taiwan pr. [bo4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (bo1)The component is pronounced as 'biàn' (bian4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

直播 

Uncommon

主播 
传播 (傳播)
广播 (廣播)
播出 
播报 (播報)
播撒 
播放 
播种 (播種)
联播 (聯播)
转播 (轉播)

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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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