• 367th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 95 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bàn (ban4)to do • to manage • to handle • to go about • to run • to set up • to deal with

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for bàn (ban4)The component is pronounced as '' (ba1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

怎么办 (怎麼辦)
举办 (舉辦)
办公室 (辦公室)
办法 (辦法)

Uncommon

主办 (主辦)
创办 (創辦)
置办 (置辦)
办事 (辦事)
办事处 (辦事處)
办公 (辦公)
办公楼 (辦公樓)
办到 (辦到)
办好 (辦好)
办理 (辦理)

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  • 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.
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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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  • 874th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 99 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lóu (lou2)house with more than 1 story • storied building • floor • CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

大楼 (大樓)
楼上 (樓上)
楼下 (樓下)
楼梯 (樓梯)
红楼梦 (紅樓夢)
跳楼 (跳樓)
钟楼 (鐘樓)

Uncommon

上楼 (上樓)
人去楼空 (人去樓空)
候机楼 (候機樓)
土楼 (土樓)
城楼 (城樓)
宿舍楼 (宿舍樓)
写字楼 (寫字樓)
教学楼 (教學樓)
更上一层楼 (更上一層樓)
楼主 (樓主)
楼层 (樓層)
楼市 (樓市)
楼房 (樓房)
楼梯口 (樓梯口)
楼盘 (樓盤)
楼台 (樓臺)
楼兰 (樓蘭)
楼道 (樓道)
楼顶 (樓頂)
海市蜃楼 (海市蜃樓)
茶楼 (茶樓)
办公楼 (辦公樓)
酒楼 (酒樓)
阁楼 (閣樓)
顶楼 (頂樓)
高楼 (高樓)
黄鹤楼 (黃鶴樓)
鼓楼 (鼓樓)
鼓楼区 (鼓樓區)

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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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