• 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.

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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  • 272nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 339 words
  • Component in 9 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. kōng (kong1)empty • air • sky • in vain
2. kòng (kong4)to empty • vacant • unoccupied • space • leisure • free time

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for kōng (kong1)The component is pronounced as 'gōng' (gong1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for kòng (kong4)The component is pronounced as 'gōng' (gong1). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

天空 
星空 
时空 (時空)
有空 
空气 (空氣)
空虚 (空虛)
空调 (空調)
空间 (空間)
航空 

Uncommon

上空 
人去楼空 (人去樓空)
半空 
填空 
夜空 
天马行空 (天馬行空)
太空 
孙悟空 (孫悟空)
悟空 
抽空 
挖空 
横空 (橫空)
海阔天空 (海闊天空)
清空 
真空 
空中 
空位 
空前 
空姐 
空想 
空战 (空戰)
空手 
空旷 (空曠)
空洞 
空无一人 (空無一人)
空白 
空空 
空空荡荡 (空空盪盪)
空腹 
空落落 
空荡荡 (空蕩蕩)
空话 (空話)
空军 (空軍)
空运 (空運)
空闲 (空閒)
空降 
空隙 
空头 (空頭)
空余 (空餘)
落空 
虚空 (虛空)
镂空 (鏤空)
腾空 (騰空)
高空 

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  • 1843rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 29 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. cāng (cang1)cabin • the hold of a ship or airplane

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for cāng (cang1)The component is pronounced as 'cāng' (cang1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

机舱 (機艙)
头等舱 (頭等艙)

Uncommon

公务舱 (公務艙)
太空舱 (太空艙)
客舱 (客艙)
座舱 (座艙)
经济舱 (經濟艙)
船舱 (船艙)
舱位 (艙位)
货舱 (貨艙)
驾驶舱 (駕駛艙)

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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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