• 1792nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 18 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiāo (xiao1)to scrape
2. xuē (xue1)to reduce • to pare (away) • to cut (down) • Taiwan pr. [xue4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for xiāo (xiao1)The component is pronounced as 'xiào' (xiao4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for xuē (xue1)The component is pronounced as 'xiào' (xiao4). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for xuē (xue1)The component is pronounced as 'yuè' (yue4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

削减 (削減)
剥削 (剝削)

Uncommon

刀削面 (刀削麵)
切削 
削弱 
削发 (削髮)
瘦削 

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  • 47th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 71 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
𠂇

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (fa4)hair • Taiwan pr. [fa3]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (fa4)The component is pronounced as '' (ba2). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

头发 (頭髮)
发型 (髮型)

Uncommon

假发 (假髮)
卷发 (卷髮)
染发 (染髮)
洗发水 (洗髮水)
烫发 (燙髮)
理发 (理髮)
理发师 (理髮師)
理发店 (理髮店)
白发 (白髮)
秀发 (秀髮)
美发 (美髮)
脱发 (脫髮)
金发 (金髮)
长发 (長髮)
发卡 (髮卡)
发型师 (髮型師)
发廊 (髮廊)
黑发 (黑髮)

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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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