• 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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  • 140th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.15% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 356 words
  • Component in 8 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chóng (chong2)to repeat • repetition • again • re- • classifier: layer
2. zhòng (zhong4)heavy • serious • to attach importance to

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

严重 (嚴重)
重新 
重要 

Uncommon

保重 
加重 
厚重 
多重 
尊重 
慎重 
沉重 
注重 
珍重 
看重 
稳重 (穩重)
自重 
贵重 (貴重)
超重 
郑重 (鄭重)
重伤 (重傷)
重启 (重啟)
重围 (重圍)
重大 
重建 
重心 
重庆 (重慶)
重案 
重温 (重溫)
重演 
重现 (重現)
重生 
重叠 (重疊)
重磅 
重组 (重組)
重复 (重複)
重要性 
重视 (重視)
重返 
重逢 
重重 
重量 
重金 
重点 (重點)
隆重 
体重 (體重)

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  • 1541st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 37 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zòu (zou4)to play music • to achieve • to present a memorial to the emperor (old)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

演奏 
节奏 (節奏)

Uncommon

二重奏 
伴奏 
前奏 
协奏曲 (協奏曲)
合奏 
奏效 
奏鸣曲 (奏鳴曲)
弹奏 (彈奏)
独奏 (獨奏)

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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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