• 2030th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 34 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gōu (Gou1)surname Gou
2. gōu (gou1)to attract • to arouse • to tick • to strike out • to delineate • to collude • variant of 鉤|钩[gou1], hook
3. gòu (gou4)affair • to reach for (with hand)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

勾引 
勾起 

Uncommon

勾兑 (勾兌)
勾勒 
勾心斗角 (勾心鬥角)
勾搭 
勾画 (勾畫)
勾结 (勾結)
勾芡 

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  • 2419th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 13 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. duì (Dui4)surname Dui
2. duì (dui4)to cash • to exchange • to add (liquid) • to blend • one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing swamp • ☱

Pronunciation Clues

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Example Words

Common

兑换 (兌換)

Uncommon

兑现 (兌現)

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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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