• 115th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.16% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 543 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gōng (gong1)public • collectively owned • common • international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) • make public • fair • just • Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] • honorable (gentlemen) • father-in-law • male (animal)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

公主 
公交 
公司 
公园 (公園)
公寓 
公民 
公路 
公里 
老公 
办公室 (辦公室)

Uncommon

不公 
主人公 
公事 
公交车 (公交車)
公仔 
公布 (公佈)
公元 
公公 
公共 
公分 
公务员 (公務員)
公告 
公婆 
公子 
公安 
公安局 
公安部 
公家 
公平 
公厕 (公廁)
公式 
公敌 (公敵)
公斤 
公会 (公會)
公款 
公正 
公然 
公牛 
公益 
公众 (公眾)
公认 (公認)
公猪 (公豬)
公费 (公費)
公车 (公車)
公道 
公开 (公開)
公开赛 (公開賽)
公关 (公關)
公鸡 (公雞)
公馆 (公館)
分公司 
外公 
天公 
平方公里 
济公 (濟公)
相公 
蒲公英 
办公 (辦公)
办公楼 (辦公樓)
阿公 

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  • 486th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 152 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
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3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. fèi (Fei4)surname Fei
2. fèi (fei4)to cost • to spend • fee • wasteful • expenses

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for fèi (fei4)The component is pronounced as '' (fu2). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for fèi (fei4)The component is pronounced as 'bèi' (bei4). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

免费 (免費)
浪费 (浪費)
消费 (消費)
话费 (話費)

Uncommon

付费 (付費)
公费 (公費)
学费 (學費)
小费 (小費)
手续费 (手續費)
收费 (收費)
收费站 (收費站)
枉费 (枉費)
欠费 (欠費)
消费者 (消費者)
生活费 (生活費)
白费 (白費)
破费 (破費)
经费 (經費)
缴费 (繳費)
耗费 (耗費)
花费 (花費)
费事 (費事)
费力 (費力)
费劲 (費勁)
费城 (費城)
费德勒 (費德勒)
费心 (費心)
费用 (費用)
费解 (費解)
路费 (路費)
车费 (車費)
运费 (運費)
邮费 (郵費)

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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.