• 226th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 225 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (si4)four • 4

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

十四 
四十 
四射 
四川 
四月 
四处 (四處)
星期四 
周四 (週四)

Uncommon

不三不四 
丢三落四 (丟三落四)
五四 
五湖四海 
四下 
四世同堂 
四人帮 (四人幫)
四分之一 
四分五裂 
四十多 
四合院 
四周 
四季 
四季豆 (四季荳)
四川省 
四平 
四方 
四会 (四會)
四月份 
四溅 (四濺)
四环素 (四環素)
四维 (四維)
四肢 
四起 
四通八达 (四通八達)
四面 
四面八方 
大四 
挑三拣四 (挑三揀四)
新四军 (新四軍)

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  • 206th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 173 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chǔ (chu3)to reside • to live • to dwell • to be in • to be situated at • to stay • to get along with • to be in a position of • to deal with • to discipline • to punish
2. chù (chu4)place • location • spot • point • office • department • bureau • respect • classifier for locations or items of damage: spot, point

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for chǔ (chu3)The component is pronounced as 'chǔ' (chu3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for chǔ (chu3)The component is pronounced as '' (hu1). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for chù (chu4)The component is pronounced as 'chǔ' (chu3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
4. Pronunciation clue for chù (chu4)The component is pronounced as '' (hu1). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

何处 (何處)
到处 (到處)
四处 (四處)
好处 (好處)
深处 (深處)
相处 (相處)
处女 (處女)
处于 (處於)
处理 (處理)
处处 (處處)

Uncommon

住处 (住處)
共处 (共處)
出处 (出處)
判处 (判處)
别处 (別處)
去处 (去處)
地处 (地處)
坏处 (壞處)
害处 (害處)
患处 (患處)
某处 (某處)
查处 (查處)
此处 (此處)
无处 (無處)
无处不在 (無處不在)
独处 (獨處)
用处 (用處)
痛处 (痛處)
益处 (益處)
短处 (短處)
私处 (私處)
绝处逢生 (絕處逢生)
处世 (處世)
处事 (處事)
处分 (處分)
处境 (處境)
处女座 (處女座)
处方 (處方)
处理器 (處理器)
处男 (處男)
处置 (處置)
处罚 (處罰)
处长 (處長)
身处 (身處)
办事处 (辦事處)
远处 (遠處)
长处 (長處)
随处 (隨處)
难处 (難處)
高处 (高處)

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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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