• 794th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 113 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
𠂇

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shǒu (shou3)to guard • to defend • to keep watch • to abide by the law • to observe (rules or ritual) • nearby • adjoining

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

坚守 (堅守)
守候 
守岁 (守歲)
守护 (守護)
遵守 

Uncommon

保守 
信守 
固守 
太守 
守住 
守信 
守则 (守則)
守夜 
守恒 (守恆)
守时 (守時)
守望 
守株待兔 
守卫 (守衛)
守护神 (守護神)
厮守 (廝守)
操守 
死守 
留守 
看守 
防守 

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  • 664th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 117 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ye4)night

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

半夜 
夜店 
夜间 (夜間)
年夜饭 (年夜飯)

Uncommon

三更半夜 
今夜 
午夜 
夜夜 
夜宵 
夜幕 
夜晚 
夜景 
夜班 
夜空 
夜色 
夜里 (夜裡)
夜猫子 (夜貓子)
宵夜 
平安夜 
年夜 
彻夜 (徹夜)
日夜 
昨夜 
深夜 
熬夜 
过夜 (過夜)
黑夜 

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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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