• 341st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 70 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph availableNo glyph available
2Radical
humanlineNo glyph availablearrow
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. hòu (hou4)to wait • to inquire after • to watch • season • climate • (old) period of five days

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

时候 (時候)

Uncommon

伺候 
问候 (問候)
守候 
小时候 (小時候)
有时候 (有時候)
有的时候 (有的時候)
等候 

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  • 1261st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 113 words
  • Component in 204 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. niǎo (niao3)bird • CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for niǎo (niao3)The component is pronounced as 'niǎo' (niao3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

一石二鸟 (一石二鳥)
菜鸟 (菜鳥)
飞鸟 (飛鳥)
鸟儿 (鳥兒)
鸟巢 (鳥巢)

Uncommon

候鸟 (候鳥)
啄木鸟 (啄木鳥)
小鸟依人 (小鳥依人)
布谷鸟 (布谷鳥)
打鸟 (打鳥)
水鸟 (水鳥)
海鸟 (海鳥)
火烈鸟 (火烈鳥)
神鸟 (神鳥)
笨鸟先飞 (笨鳥先飛)
老鸟 (老鳥)
花鸟 (花鳥)
蜂鸟 (蜂鳥)
鸟兽散 (鳥獸散)
鸟瞰 (鳥瞰)
鸟窝 (鳥窩)
鸟笼 (鳥籠)
鸟粪 (鳥糞)
鸟类 (鳥類)
鸟鸣 (鳥鳴)
鸵鸟 (鴕鳥)

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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.