• 266th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 245 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bǎo (Bao3)Bulgaria • Bulgarian • abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4]
2. bǎo (bao3)to defend • to protect • to insure or guarantee • to maintain • hold or keep • to guard

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

保佑 
保持 
保暖 
保证 (保證)
保护 (保護)

Uncommon

保住 
保健 
保姆 
保存 
保守 
保安 
保定 
保密 
保时捷 (保時捷)
保温 (保溫)
保湿 (保濕)
保留 
保管 
保罗 (保羅)
保卫 (保衛)
保护区 (保護區)
保质期 (保質期)
保重 
保镖 (保鏢)
保障 
保险 (保險)
保养 (保養)
保鲜膜 (保鮮膜)
保龄球 (保齡球)
担保 (擔保)
环保 (環保)
确保 (確保)
社保 

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  • 309th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 109 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhù (zhu4)to live • to dwell • to stay • to reside • to stop • (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhù (zhu4)The component is pronounced as 'zhǔ' (zhu3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

入住 
抓住 
记住 (記住)

Uncommon

住宅 
住家 
住宿 
住房 
住所 
住处 (住處)
住院 
保住 
停住 
包住 
卡住 
围住 (圍住)
堵住 
守住 
居住 
拴住 
挺住 
捉住 
挂住 (掛住)
握住 
捂住 (摀住)
挡住 (擋住)
拦住 (攔住)
留住 
站住 
遮住 
顶住 (頂住)

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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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