• 445th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 85 words
  • Component in 20 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiǔ (jiu3)nine • 9

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

一言九鼎 
十九 
马英九 (馬英九)

Uncommon

九九归一 (九九歸一)
九十 
九寨沟 (九寨溝)
九州 
九成 
九月 
九月份 
九江 
九华山 (九華山)
九霄云外 (九霄雲外)
九龙 (九龍)
龙生九子 (龍生九子)

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  • 2308th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 27 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhài (zhai4)stronghold • stockade • camp • village

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

山寨 

Uncommon

九寨沟 (九寨溝)
安营扎寨 (安營紮寨)
山寨机 (山寨機)
柬埔寨 

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  • 1608th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 48 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gōu (gou1)ditch • gutter • groove • gully • ravine • CL:道[dao4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for gōu (gou1)The component is pronounced as 'gòu' (gou4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

沟通 (溝通)

Uncommon

九寨沟 (九寨溝)
乳沟 (乳溝)
代沟 (代溝)
水沟 (水溝)
沟壑 (溝壑)
沟渠 (溝渠)
鸿沟 (鴻溝)

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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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