• 1382nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 51 words
  • Component in 9 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dōng (dong1)winter
2. dōng (Dong1)surname Dong
3. dōng (dong1)sound of beating a drum • onomatopoeia for rat-a-tat etc

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

冬天 
冬季 

Uncommon

冬瓜 
冬眠 
寒冬 
过冬 (過冬)

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  • 1285th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 134 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chóng (chong2)worm or insect • generic term for animals • CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for chóng (chong2)The component is pronounced as 'chóng' (chong2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

懒虫 (懶蟲)
昆虫 (昆蟲)
毛毛虫 (毛毛蟲)
蚊虫 (蚊蟲)
蛔虫 (蛔蟲)
萤火虫 (螢火蟲)
虫子 (蟲子)
虫草 (蟲草)

Uncommon

冬虫夏草 (冬蟲夏草)
可怜虫 (可憐蟲)
害虫 (害蟲)
幼虫 (幼蟲)
书虫 (書蟲)
杀虫剂 (殺蟲劑)
毛虫 (毛蟲)
沙虫 (沙蟲)
爬虫 (爬蟲)
瓢虫 (瓢蟲)
甲壳虫 (甲殼蟲)
精虫 (精蟲)
网虫 (網蟲)
蛀虫 (蛀蟲)
蛆虫 (蛆蟲)
蝗虫 (蝗蟲)
螨虫 (蟎蟲)
虫洞 (蟲洞)
虫牙 (蟲牙)
虫蛀 (蟲蛀)
蠕虫 (蠕蟲)
雕虫小技 (雕蟲小技)
飞虫 (飛蟲)

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  • 1124th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 82 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xià (Xia4)the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC • Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407-432) • surname Xia
2. xià (xia4)summer

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

夏天 

Uncommon

初夏 
夏威夷 
夏娃 
夏季 
夏日 
夏河 
夏洛克 
宁夏 (寧夏)
春夏秋冬 
盛夏 
华夏 (華夏)

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  • 787th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 200 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. cǎo (cao3)grass • straw • manuscript • draft (of a document) • careless • rough • CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
2. cào (cao4)variant of 肏[cao4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for cǎo (cao3)The component is pronounced as 'zǎo' (zao3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for cǎo (cao3)The component is pronounced as 'cǎo' (cao3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
3. Pronunciation clue for cào (cao4)The component is pronounced as 'zǎo' (zao3). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for cào (cao4)The component is pronounced as 'cǎo' (cao3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

皮草 
草根 
草莓 

Uncommon

三叶草 (三葉草)
仙草 
含羞草 
拈花惹草 
本草 
校草 
水草 
沾花惹草 
烟草 (煙草)
甘草 
稻草 
稻草人 
粮草 (糧草)
绿草 (綠草)
花草 
草包 
草原 
草丛 (草叢)
草地 
草坪 
草帽 
草木 
草本 
草案 
草泥马 (草泥馬)
草率 
草稿 
草草 
草菇 
草药 (草藥)
草酸 
薰衣草 
虫草 (蟲草)
野草 
杂草 (雜草)
青草 
香草 

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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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