• 509th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 267 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

Common

古代 
古城 
古老 
复古 (復古)

Uncommon

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 
古刹 (古剎)
古堡 
古宅 
古巴 
古怪 
古惑仔 
古文 
古时 (古時)
古时候 (古時候)
古板 
古朴 (古樸)
古玩 
古琴 
古田 
古筝 (古箏)
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 
考古学家 (考古學家)
自古 
自古以来 (自古以來)
茶马古道 (茶馬古道)
蒙古 
蒙古包 
蒙古族 
远古 (遠古)

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  • 25th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.43% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 408 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
𠂇

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shí (Shi2)surname Shi
2. shí (shi2)o'clock • time • when • hour • season • period

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shí (shi2)The component is pronounced as '' (ri4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

同时 (同時)
小时 (小時)
时代 (時代)
时候 (時候)
时光 (時光)
时尚 (時尚)
时间 (時間)
有时候 (有時候)
随时 (隨時)

Uncommon

一时 (一時)
不时 (不時)
何时 (何時)
倒计时 (倒計時)
到时 (到時)
到时候 (到時候)
即时 (即時)
及时 (及時)
定时 (定時)
实时 (實時)
小时候 (小時候)
平时 (平時)
几时 (幾時)
按时 (按時)
时不时 (時不時)
时分 (時分)
时刻 (時刻)
时报 (時報)
时差 (時差)
时常 (時常)
时时 (時時)
时时刻刻 (時時刻刻)
时期 (時期)
时机 (時機)
时段 (時段)
时空 (時空)
时节 (時節)
时装 (時裝)
时速 (時速)
时钟 (時鐘)
时隔 (時隔)
时髦 (時髦)
暂时 (暫時)
有时 (有時)
有的时候 (有的時候)
此时 (此時)
历时 (歷時)
准时 (準時)
当时 (當時)
临时 (臨時)
临时工 (臨時工)
计时 (計時)
这时 (這時)
过时 (過時)
适时 (適時)
那时 (那時)
那时候 (那時候)
顿时 (頓時)

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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.