• 1709th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 46 words
  • Component in 9 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Lu2)surname Lu • abbr. for Luxembourg 盧森堡|卢森堡[Lu2 sen1 bao3]
2. (lu2)(old) rice vessel • black • (Taiwan slang) troublesome • fussy

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

滑铁卢 (滑鐵盧)
卢森堡 (盧森堡)
卢比 (盧比)
卢浮宫 (盧浮宮)
卢瑟 (盧瑟)
里约热内卢 (里約熱內盧)

Uncommon

图瓦卢 (圖瓦盧)
图卢兹 (圖盧茲)
奥卢 (奧盧)
卢克索 (盧克索)
卢卡 (盧卡)
卢卡斯 (盧卡斯)
卢塞恩 (盧塞恩)
卢布 (盧布)
卢旺达 (盧旺達)
卢梭 (盧梭)
卢氏 (盧氏)
卢沟桥 (盧溝橋)
卢湾区 (盧灣區)
卢瓦尔河 (盧瓦爾河)
贝卢斯科尼 (貝盧斯科尼)

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  • 262nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 550 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ke4)to be able to • to subdue • to restrain • to overcome • gram • Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares
2. (Ke4)Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
3. (ke4)variant of 克[ke4] • to subdue • to overthrow • to restrain
4. kēi (kei1)to scold • to beat

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ke4)The component is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for kēi (kei1)The component is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

克服 
巧克力 
德克萨斯 (德克薩斯)
扑克 (撲克)
星巴克 

Uncommon

伊拉克 
休克 
杰克 (傑克)
杰克逊 (傑克遜)
克制 
克拉 
克拉克 
克拉玛依 (克拉瑪依)
克林顿 (克林頓)
克罗地亚 (克羅地亞)
克隆 
凯迪拉克 (凱迪拉克)
别克 (別克)
克己 (剋己)
克扣 (剋扣)
克星 (剋星)
坦克 
夏洛克 
夹克 (夾克)
奥克兰 (奧克蘭)
奥林匹克 (奧林匹克)
富兰克林 (富蘭克林)
布鲁克林 (布魯克林)
库克 (庫克)
徐克 
捷克 
扑克牌 (撲克牌)
攻克 
斯诺克 (斯諾克)
朋克 
毫克 
法兰克福 (法蘭克福)
泰坦尼克号 (泰坦尼克號)
洛克菲勒 
乌克兰 (烏克蘭)
纳斯达克 (納斯達克)
罗曼蒂克 (羅曼蒂克)
耐克 
萨克斯 (薩克斯)
贝克 (貝克)
阿克苏 (阿克蘇)
雷克萨斯 (雷克薩斯)
马克 (馬克)
马克思 (馬克思)
马克思主义 (馬克思主義)
马克杯 (馬克杯)
马赛克 (馬賽克)
麦克 (麥克)
麦克风 (麥克風)
默克尔 (默克爾)

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  • 803rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 119 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. suǒ (Suo3)surname Suo • abbr. for 索馬里|索马里[Suo3 ma3 li3], Somalia
2. suǒ (suo3)to search • to demand • to ask • to exact • large rope • isolated

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

探索 
搜索 
检索 (檢索)

Uncommon

不假思索 
利索 
勒索 
导火索 (導火索)
思索 
摸索 
求索 
毕加索 (畢加索)
索取 
索尼 
索性 
索尔 (索爾)
索菲亚 (索菲亞)
索赔 (索賠)
索道 
索马里 (索馬裡)
线索 (線索)
绳索 (繩索)
美索不达米亚 (美索不達米亞)
高加索 

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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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