• 83rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.21% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 483 words
  • Component in 343 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiǎo (xiao3)small • tiny • few • young

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for xiǎo (xiao3)The component is pronounced as 'xiǎo' (xiao3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

小品 
小姐 
小孩 
小学 (小學)
小小 
小心 
小时 (小時)
小时候 (小時候)
小说 (小說)

Uncommon

大大小小 
大小 
大街小巷 
小三 
小丑 
小事 
小伙 
小伙子 
小便 
小偷 
小儿 (小兒)
小区 (小區)
小吃 
小型 
小妹 
小姑 
小姨 
小子 
小孩儿 (小孩兒)
小学生 (小學生)
小屋 
小巧 
小巷 
小店 
小弟 
小弟弟 
小心眼 
小心翼翼 
小憩 
小提琴 
小于 (小於)
小朋友 
小样 (小樣)
小气 (小氣)
小狗 
小看 
小米 
小精灵 (小精靈)
小组 (小組)
小声 (小聲)
小脚 (小腳)
小腹 
小腿 
小菜 
小菜一碟 
小号 (小號)
小贩 (小販)
小资 (小資)
小车 (小車)
小道 
小金 
小鸡 (小雞)
小雨 
小雪 
小青年 
小马 (小馬)
小鬼 
小麦 (小麥)
小鼠 
微小 
渺小 
狭小 (狹小)
缩小 (縮小)
胆小 (膽小)
胆小鬼 (膽小鬼)
蜡笔小新 (蠟筆小新)
邓小平 (鄧小平)

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  • 76th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.22% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 116 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. kān (kan1)to look after • to take care of • to watch • to guard
2. kàn (kan4)to see • to look at • to read • to watch • to consider • to regard as • to view as • to treat as • to judge • (after repeated verb) to give it a try • depending on (how you're judging) • to visit • to call on • to treat (an illness) • to look after • Watch out! (for a danger)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

好看 
查看 
看看 

Uncommon

看似 
看来 (看來)
看出 
看好 
看待 
看懂 
看书 (看書)
看法 
看清 
看见 (看見)
看透 
观看 (觀看)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.