• 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

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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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  • 794th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 113 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
𠂇

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shǒu (shou3)to guard • to defend • to keep watch • to abide by the law • to observe (rules or ritual) • nearby • adjoining

Pronunciation Clues

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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

坚守 (堅守)
守候 
守岁 (守歲)
守护 (守護)
遵守 

Uncommon

保守 
信守 
固守 
太守 
守住 
守信 
守则 (守則)
守夜 
守恒 (守恆)
守时 (守時)
守望 
守株待兔 
守卫 (守衛)
守护神 (守護神)
厮守 (廝守)
操守 
死守 
留守 
看守 
防守 

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  • 532nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 120 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
watercliffboxNo glyph available
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. pài (pai4)clique • school • group • faction • to dispatch • to send • to assign • to appoint • pi (Greek letter Ππ) • the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926 • (loanword) pie

Pronunciation Clues

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Example Words

Common

派出所 
派对 (派對)

Uncommon

作派 
保守派 
做派 
印象派 
反动派 (反動派)
反对派 (反對派)
反派 
右派 
学派 (學派)
学院派 (學院派)
左派 
帮派 (幫派)
指派 
新派 
乐天派 (樂天派)
正派 
气派 (氣派)
派克 
派出 
派生 
派遣 
派头 (派頭)
流派 
特派 
特派员 (特派員)
现代派 (現代派)
自由派 
苹果派 (蘋果派)
门派 (門派)
党派 (黨派)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.