1. 優
  2. 先

優

Previous (航)Next (怪)
  • 773rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 56 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
優→
亻憂
2Radical
優→
亻human一one丿bend月moon冖cover心heart夂go
3Graphical
優→
㇒丨一丿冂二冖𠁼㇃㇇㇏㇒

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yōu (you1)excellent • superior

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 優 yōu (you1)The component 憂 is pronounced as 'yōu' (you1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for 優 yōu (you1)The component 一 is pronounced as 'yī' (yi1). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for 優 yōu (you1)The component 月 is pronounced as 'yuè' (yue4). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

优先 (優先)
优惠 (優惠)
优惠券 (優惠券)
优秀 (優秀)
优雅 (優雅)
优点 (優點)

Uncommon

优势 (優勢)
优化 (優化)
优异 (優異)
优盘 (優盤)
优美 (優美)
优良 (優良)
优质 (優質)
优越 (優越)
优酷 (優酷)
葛优 (葛優)

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先

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Previous (常)Next (海)
  • 188th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.11% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 133 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
先→
⺧儿
2Radical
先→
⺧cow儿legs
3Graphical
先→
⺧丿乚

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiān (xian1)early • prior • former • in advance • first

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

先 also appears in:
选洗宪酰诜铣跣冼筅詵銑

Example Words

Common

先生 
首先 

Uncommon

事先 
优先 (優先)
先前 
先天 
先后 (先後)
先机 (先機)
先知 
先行 
先进 (先進)
先锋 (先鋒)
原先 
抢先 (搶先)
率先 
祖先 
预先 (預先)
领先 (領先)

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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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