• 611th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 40 words
  • Component in 9 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zuò (Zuo4)surname Zuo
2. zuò (zuo4)to sit • to take a seat • to take (a bus, airplane etc) • to bear fruit • variant of 座[zuo4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zuò (zuo4)The component is pronounced as 'zòng' (zong4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

乘坐 
坐下 
坐立不安 
坐车 (坐車)
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  • 2592nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 23 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. diàn (dian4)pad • cushion • mat • to pad out • to fill a gap • to pay for sb • to advance (money)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for diàn (dian4)The component is pronounced as 'diǎn' (dian3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

High Frequency

坐垫 (坐墊)
床垫 (床墊)
铺垫 (鋪墊)
鞋垫 (鞋墊)
鼠标垫 (鼠標墊)

Medium Frequency

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垫上 (墊上)
垫付 (墊付)
垫子 (墊子)
垫肩 (墊肩)
垫背 (墊背)
垫脚 (墊腳)
垫脚石 (墊腳石)
垫高 (墊高)
杯垫 (杯墊)
气垫 (氣墊)
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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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