• 233rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 84 words
  • Component in 17 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shǎo (shao3)few • little • lack
2. shào (shao4)young

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

多少 

Uncommon

不少 
少女 
少年 
少数 (少數)
少林寺 
少爷 (少爺)
少许 (少許)
少量 
年少 
减少 (減少)
缺少 
至少 
青少年 

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  • 263rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 57 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Xu3)surname Xu
2. (xu3)to allow • to permit • to promise • to praise • somewhat • perhaps

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (xu3)The component is pronounced as '' (wu3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

也许 (也許)
或许 (或許)
许多 (許多)

Uncommon

不许 (不許)
些许 (些許)
允许 (允許)
少许 (少許)
许下 (許下)
许久 (許久)
许愿 (許願)

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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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