• 287th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 20 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. què (que4)but • yet • however • while • to go back • to decline • to retreat • nevertheless • even though

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

冷却 (冷卻)
忘却 (忘卻)

Uncommon

却步 (卻步)
抛却 (拋卻)
望而却步 (望而卻步)
退却 (退卻)

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  • 349th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 163 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Bu4)surname Bu
2. (bu4)a step • a pace • walk • march • stages in a process

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

同步 
散步 
步步 
脚步 (腳步)
跑步 
进步 (進步)

Uncommon

初步 
地步 
大步 
徒步 
止步 
步伐 
步入 
步子 
步履 
步行 
步行者 
步行街 
步骤 (步驟)
漫步 
稳步 (穩步)
舞步 
让步 (讓步)
起步 
踏步 
退步 
逐步 
进一步 (進一步)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.