• 509th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 117 words
  • Component in 28 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Gu3)surname Gu
2. (gu3)ancient • old • paleo-

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 
古代 
复古 (復古)

Medium Frequency

上古 
亘古 (亙古)
仿古 
内蒙古 (內蒙古)
千古 
古人 
古今 
古来 (古來)
古典 
古城 
古堡 
古巴 
古怪 
古惑仔 
古文 
古时 (古時)
古时候 (古時候)
古朴 (古樸)
古玩 
古琴 
古筝 (古箏)
古老 
古色古香 
古董 
古装剧 (古裝劇)
古诗 (古詩)
古语 (古語)
古迹 (古跡)
古道 
古都 
古风 (古風)
古龙 (古龍)
名古屋 
尼古丁 
朱古力 
盘古 (盤古)
考古 
自古 
自古以来 (自古以來)
茶马古道 (茶馬古道)
蒙古 
远古 (遠古)
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  • 1042nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 39 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. diǎn (dian3)canon • law • standard work of scholarship • literary quotation or allusion • ceremony • to be in charge of • to mortgage or pawn

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

经典 (經典)

Medium Frequency

典型 
典礼 (典禮)
典范 (典範)
典雅 
古典 
字典 
宝典 (寶典)
恩典 
庆典 (慶典)
瑞典 
盛典 
词典 (詞典)
雅典娜 
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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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