• 1282nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 32 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tōu (tou1)to steal • to pilfer • to snatch • thief • stealthily

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 
偷偷 

Medium Frequency

偷吃 
偷懒 (偷懶)
偷拍 
偷笑 
小偷 
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  • 1527th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 34 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xián (xian2)to stay idle • to be unoccupied • not busy • leisure • enclosure
2. xián (xian2)variant of 閑|闲, idle • unoccupied • leisure • free time

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

休闲 (休閒)
悠闲 (悠閑)
 ()

Medium Frequency

休闲裤 (休閑褲)
休闲鞋 (休閒鞋)
偷闲 (偷閑)
安闲 (安閑)
清闲 (清閒)
空闲 (空閒)
闲事 (閑事)
闲人 (閑人)
闲散 (閑散)
闲暇 (閑暇)
闲聊 (閑聊)
闲话 (閑話)
闲谈 (閑談)
闲逛 (閑逛)
闲置 (閒置)
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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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