• 1002nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 33 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (wu3)7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

下午 

Uncommon

上午 
中午 
午夜 
午后 (午後)
午饭 (午飯)
午餐 

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  • 933rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 86 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. fàn (fan4)food • cuisine • cooked rice • meal • CL:碗[wan3],頓|顿[dun4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for fàn (fan4)The component is pronounced as 'fǎn' (fan3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

吃饭 (吃飯)
年夜饭 (年夜飯)
晚饭 (晚飯)

Uncommon

中饭 (中飯)
做饭 (做飯)
午饭 (午飯)
早饭 (早飯)
炒饭 (炒飯)
盒饭 (盒飯)
稀饭 (稀飯)
米饭 (米飯)
开饭 (開飯)
电饭煲 (電飯煲)
饭堂 (飯堂)
饭局 (飯局)
饭店 (飯店)
饭桌 (飯桌)
饭碗 (飯碗)
饭团 (飯糰)
饭菜 (飯菜)
饭馆 (飯館)

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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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