• 240th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 237 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tài (tai4)highest • greatest • too (much) • very • extremely

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for tài (tai4)The component is pronounced as 'dài' (dai4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

太太 
太过 (太過)
太阳 (太陽)

Uncommon

亚太 (亞太)
太仓 (太倉)
太公 
太原 
太原市 
太婆 
太子 
太守 
太平 
太平洋 
太极 (太極)
太极拳 (太極拳)
太岁 (太歲)
太湖 
太白 
太监 (太監)
太空 
太阳光 (太陽光)
太阳穴 (太陽穴)
太阳系 (太陽系)
太阳能 (太陽能)
太阳镜 (太陽鏡)
正太 
犹太人 (猶太人)
老太 
老太太 
老太婆 
马太 (馬太)

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  • 1345th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 43 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (po2)grandmother • matron • mother-in-law

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (po2)The component is pronounced as '' (bo1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (po2)The component is pronounced as '' (pi2). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

老婆 

Uncommon

公婆 
外婆 
婆婆 

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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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