• 48th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 167 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. hòu (hou4)back • behind • rear • afterwards • after • later

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

之后 (之後)
以后 (以後)
 ()
后悔 (後悔)
最后 (最後)
然后 (然後)

Medium Frequency

事后 (事後)
今后 (今後)
先后 (先後)
前后 (前後)
午后 (午後)
幕后 (幕後)
往后 (往後)
后代 (後代)
后来 (後來)
后台 (後台)
后天 (後天)
后宫 (後宮)
后年 (後年)
后期 (後期)
后果 (後果)
后续 (後續)
后者 (後者)
后台 (後臺)
后卫 (後衛)
后退 (後退)
后遗症 (後遺症)
后面 (後面)
日后 (日後)
背后 (背後)
落后 (落後)
身后 (身後)
过后 (過後)
酒后 (酒後)
随后 (隨後)
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  • 645th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 71 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. nǎo (nao3)brain • mind • head • essence

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

大脑 (大腦)
 ()
脑子 (腦子)
脑袋 (腦袋)
电脑 (電腦)

Medium Frequency

伤脑筋 (傷腦筋)
动脑 (動腦)
动脑筋 (動腦筋)
后脑勺 (後腦勺)
洗脑 (洗腦)
绞尽脑汁 (絞盡腦汁)
脑力 (腦力)
脑后 (腦後)
脑壳 (腦殻)
脑海 (腦海)
脑瘫 (腦癱)
脑筋 (腦筋)
脑胀 (腦脹)
脑门 (腦門)
豆腐脑 (豆腐腦)
电脑网 (電腦網)
头昏脑胀 (頭昏腦脹)
头脑 (頭腦)
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  • 3269th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 8 words
  • Component in 17 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. sháo (shao2)spoon • ladle • CL:把[ba3] • abbr. for 公勺[gong1 shao2], centiliter (unit of volume)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for sháo (shao2)The component is pronounced as 'bāo' (bao1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

 
勺子 
后脑勺 (後腦勺)
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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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