• 48th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.29% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 321 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. hòu (Hou4)surname Hou
2. hòu (hou4)empress • queen
3. hòu (hou4)back • behind • rear • afterwards • after • later

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for hòu (hou4)The component is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

之后 (之後)
今后 (今後)
以后 (以後)
后来 (後來)
后悔 (後悔)
后面 (後面)
最后 (最後)
然后 (然後)

Uncommon

事后 (事後)
先后 (先後)
前后 (前後)
午后 (午後)
天后 
幕后 (幕後)
往后 (往後)
后世 (後世)
后人 (後人)
后代 (後代)
后台 (後台)
后天 (後天)
后宫 (後宮)
后年 (後年)
后期 (後期)
后果 (後果)
后续 (後續)
后者 (後者)
后卫 (後衛)
后退 (後退)
后遗症 (後遺症)
后边 (後邊)
后门 (後門)
日后 (日後)
此后 (此後)
死而后已 (死而後已)
皇后 
稍后 (稍後)
背后 (背後)
落后 (落後)
观后感 (觀後感)
身后 (身後)
过后 (過後)
酒后 (酒後)
随后 (隨後)

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  • 645th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 165 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. nǎo (nao3)brain • mind • head • essence

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

大脑 (大腦)
脑子 (腦子)
脑袋 (腦袋)
电脑 (電腦)

Uncommon

伤脑筋 (傷腦筋)
动脑 (動腦)
动脑筋 (動腦筋)
后脑勺 (後腦勺)
洗脑 (洗腦)
绞尽脑汁 (絞盡腦汁)
脑力 (腦力)
脑后 (腦後)
脑壳 (腦殻)
脑海 (腦海)
脑瘫 (腦癱)
脑筋 (腦筋)
脑胀 (腦脹)
脑门 (腦門)
豆腐脑 (豆腐腦)
电脑网 (電腦網)
头昏脑胀 (頭昏腦脹)
头脑 (頭腦)

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  • 3269th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 9 words
  • Component in 17 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. sháo (shao2)spoon • ladle • CL:把[ba3] • abbr. for 公勺[gong1 shao2], centiliter (unit of volume)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for sháo (shao2)The component is pronounced as 'bāo' (bao1). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

勺子 

Uncommon

后脑勺 (後腦勺)
汤勺 (湯勺)

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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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