• 1590th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 46 words
  • Component in 12 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chuí (chui2)to hang (down) • droop • dangle • bend down • hand down • bequeath • nearly • almost • to approach

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

下垂 
垂直 

Uncommon

低垂 
功败垂成 (功敗垂成)
垂下 
垂危 
垂感 
垂死 
垂涎 
垂涎欲滴 
垂泪 (垂淚)
垂钓 (垂釣)
垂青 
垂头丧气 (垂頭喪氣)
永垂不朽 
耳垂 
胃下垂 

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  • 3762nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 9 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xián (xian2)saliva • shamelessly

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

垂涎 

Uncommon

垂涎欲滴 

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  • 1043rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 61 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (yu4)desire • appetite • passion • lust • greed
2. (yu4)to wish for • to desire • variant of 慾|欲[yu4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (yu4)The component is pronounced as '' (gu3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

欲望 (慾望)
食欲 (食慾)

Uncommon

性欲 (性慾)
情欲 (情慾)
欲火 (慾火)
昏昏欲睡 
畅所欲言 (暢所欲言)
望眼欲穿 
树欲静而风不止 (樹欲靜而風不止)
欲罢不能 (欲罷不能)
欲盖弥彰 (欲蓋彌彰)
求知欲 (求知慾)
为所欲为 (為所欲為)
物欲 
痛不欲生 
私欲 
纵欲 (縱慾)
贪欲 (貪慾)
随心所欲 (隨心所欲)
震耳欲聋 (震耳欲聾)

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  • 1893rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 45 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (di1)a drop • to drip

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (di1)The component is pronounced as '' (di2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for (di1)The component is pronounced as '' (zi3). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for (di1)The component is pronounced as 'zi' (zi5). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

点滴 (點滴)

Uncommon

水滴 
滴水 
滴答 
雨滴 
点点滴滴 (點點滴滴)

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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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