• 206th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 91 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

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 '' (bu3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for chù (chu4)The component is pronounced as '' (bu3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

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Example Words

High Frequency

到处 (到處)
四处 (四處)
好处 (好處)
相处 (相處)
 ()
处女 (處女)
处理 (處理)
处处 (處處)

Medium Frequency

住处 (住處)
何处 (何處)
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)
查处 (查處)
此处 (此處)
深处 (深處)
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)
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)
处于 (處於)
处理器 (處理器)
处男 (處男)
处置 (處置)
处罚 (處罰)
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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  • 224th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 126 words
  • Component in 248 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (nu:3)female • woman • daughter
2. (ru3)archaic variant of 汝[ru3]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (nu:3)The component is pronounced as '' (nu:3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (ru3)The component is pronounced as '' (ru3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 
女人 
女孩 
美女 

Medium Frequency

儿女 (兒女)
女儿 (女兒)
女友 
女士 
女婿 
女娲 (女媧)
女子 
女性 
女星 
女朋友 
女王 
女生 
女皇 
女神 
女装 (女裝)
女郎 
侄女 (姪女)
妇女 (婦女)
子女 
少女 
歌女 
淑女 
男女 
织女 (織女)
处女 (處女)
闺女 (閨女)
靓女 (靚女)
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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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