• 157th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 301 words
  • Component in 655 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. èr (er4)two • 2 • stupid (Beijing dialect)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for èr (er4)The component is pronounced as 'èr' (er4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Appears In

also appears in:
寿驿椿鲿黿

Example Words

Common

二十 
十二 
第二 

Uncommon

一石二鸟 (一石二鳥)
二十多 
二哥 
二奶 
二战 (二戰)
二手 
二手房 
二手烟 (二手煙)
二月 
二月份 
二氧化碳 
二百五 
二胡 
二话不说 (二話不說)
二郎神 
二郎腿 
二重奏 
二锅头 (二鍋頭)
初二 
十二月 
大二 
接二连三 (接二連三)
星期二 
独一无二 (獨一無二)
略知一二 
老二 
周二 (週二)

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  • 1455th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 47 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. láng (Lang2)surname Lang
2. láng (lang2)(arch.) minister • official • noun prefix denoting function or status • a youth

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

女郎 

Uncommon

二郎神 
二郎腿 
新郎 
牛郎 
郎君 

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  • 1349th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 43 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tuǐ (tui3)leg • CL:條|条[tiao2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for tuǐ (tui3)The component 退 is pronounced as 'tuì' (tui4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

大腿 
小腿 
鸡腿 (雞腿)

Uncommon

二郎腿 
劈腿 
拖后腿 (拖後腿)
火腿 
腿脚 (腿腳)
裤腿 (褲腿)
跑腿 
双腿 (雙腿)

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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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