• 1793rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 30 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gǎng (gang3)mound • policeman's beat

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for gǎng (gang3)The component is pronounced as 'gāng' (gang1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

High Frequency

岗位 (崗位)

Medium Frequency

上岗 (上崗)
下岗 (下崗)
 ()
换岗 (換崗)
站岗 (站崗)
花岗岩 (花崗岩)
萝岗 (蘿崗)
萝岗区 (蘿崗區)
鹤岗 (鶴崗)
龙岗 (龍崗)
龙岗区 (龍崗區)
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  • 182nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.11% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 83 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wèi (wei4)position • location • place • seat • classifier for people (honorific) • classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

 
位置 
各位 

Medium Frequency

位子 
全方位 
到位 
品位 
单位 (單位)
地位 
定位 
岗位 (崗位)
座位 
职位 (職位)
诸位 (諸位)
车位 (車位)
部位 
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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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