• 2345th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 18 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. guā (gua1)to scrape • to blow • to shave • to plunder • to extort
2. guā (gua1)to blow (of the wind)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

刮风 (颳風)

Uncommon

刮伤 (刮傷)
刮掉 
刮痧 
刮目相看 
刮胡刀 (刮鬍刀)
搜刮 

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  • 847th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 77 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. diào (diao4)to fall • to drop • to lag behind • to lose • to go missing • to reduce • fall (in prices) • to lose (value, weight etc) • to wag • to swing • to turn • to change • to exchange • to swap • to show off • to shed (hair)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

丢掉 (丟掉)
吃掉 
忘掉 

Uncommon

删掉 (刪掉)
剪掉 
去掉 
喝掉 
坏掉 (壞掉)
失掉 
干掉 (幹掉)
扔掉 
拔掉 
掉下 
掉泪 (掉淚)
掉落 
掉头 (掉頭)
撕掉 
改掉 
杀掉 (殺掉)
毁掉 (毀掉)
减掉 (減掉)
灭掉 (滅掉)
烧掉 (燒掉)
甩掉 
脱掉 (脫掉)
花掉 
卖掉 (賣掉)
走掉 
跑掉 
输掉 (輸掉)
关掉 (關掉)

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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.