• 980th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 87 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gōng (Gong1)surname Gong
2. gōng (gong1)palace • temple • castration (as corporal punishment) • first note in pentatonic scale

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

大闹天宫 (大鬧天宮)
天宫 (天宮)
子宫 (子宮)
宫廷 (宮廷)
后宫 (後宮)
故宫 (故宮)
皇宫 (皇宮)

Uncommon

南宫 (南宮)
宫女 (宮女)
宫崎骏 (宮崎駿)
宫殿 (宮殿)
宫缩 (宮縮)
宫颈 (宮頸)
布达拉宫 (布達拉宮)
文化宫 (文化宮)
月宫 (月宮)
王宫 (王宮)
白宫 (白宮)
卢浮宫 (盧浮宮)
行宫 (行宮)
迷宫 (迷宮)
进宫 (進宮)
雍和宫 (雍和宮)
龙宫 (龍宮)

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  • 1302nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 66 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. suō (suo1)to withdraw • to pull back • to contract • to shrink • to reduce • abbreviation • also pronounced [su4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for suō (suo1)The component 宿 is pronounced as '' (su4). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for suō (suo1)The component is pronounced as '' (si1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

压缩 (壓縮)
收缩 (收縮)
浓缩 (濃縮)
缩小 (縮小)
缩水 (縮水)
缩短 (縮短)
萎缩 (萎縮)
蜷缩 (蜷縮)
退缩 (退縮)

Uncommon

伸缩 (伸縮)
压缩机 (壓縮機)
宫缩 (宮縮)
微缩 (微縮)
畏缩 (畏縮)
紧缩 (緊縮)
缩写 (縮寫)
缩影 (縮影)
缩成 (縮成)
缩减 (縮減)
龟缩 (龜縮)

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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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