• 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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  • 1508th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 29 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
𠈌

Pinyin & Meaning

1. líng (ling2)age • length of experience, membership etc

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for líng (ling2)The component is pronounced as 'líng' (ling2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for líng (ling2)The component is pronounced as 'lǐng' (ling3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
3. Pronunciation clue for líng (ling2)The component is pronounced as 'lìng' (ling4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

年龄 (年齡)

Uncommon

保龄球 (保齡球)
同龄 (同齡)
同龄人 (同齡人)
大龄 (大齡)
妙龄 (妙齡)
高龄 (高齡)

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  • 627th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 248 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
𠂇

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qiú (qiu2)ball • sphere • globe • CL:個|个[ge4] • ball game • match • CL:場|场[chang3]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for qiú (qiu2)The component is pronounced as 'qiú' (qiu2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

全球 
地球 
打球 
星球 
球员 (球員)
篮球 (籃球)
网球 (網球)
足球 
进球 (進球)

Uncommon

乒乓球 
保龄球 (保齡球)
传球 (傳球)
全球通 
台球 
小球 
排球 
月球 
桌球 
棒球 
气球 (氣球)
水晶球 
球场 (球場)
球拍 
球星 
球赛 (球賽)
球迷 
球队 (球隊)
球鞋 
环球 (環球)
发球 (發球)
皮球 
看球 
眼球 
篮球场 (籃球場)
罚球 (罰球)
羽毛球 
血球 
足球场 (足球場)
金球奖 (金球獎)
雪球 
点球 (點球)

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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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