• 394th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 187 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
𠁼

Pinyin & Meaning

1. ài (ai4)to love • affection • to be fond of • to like

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for ài (ai4)The component is pronounced as '' (mi4). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for ài (ai4)The component is pronounced as 'zhǐ' (zhi3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

可爱 (可愛)
喜爱 (喜愛)
爱上 (愛上)
爱人 (愛人)
爱情 (愛情)
恋爱 (戀愛)
亲爱 (親愛)

Uncommon

偏爱 (偏愛)
做爱 (做愛)
北爱 (北愛)
宠爱 (寵愛)
张爱玲 (張愛玲)
心爱 (心愛)
恩爱 (恩愛)
爱国 (愛國)
爱好 (愛好)
爱好者 (愛好者)
爱德华 (愛德華)
爱心 (愛心)
爱惜 (愛惜)
爱意 (愛意)
爱恋 (愛戀)
爱尔兰 (愛爾蘭)
爱美 (愛美)
爱护 (愛護)
爱丽丝 (愛麗絲)
挚爱 (摯愛)
母爱 (母愛)
深爱 (深愛)
溺爱 (溺愛)
热爱 (熱愛)
珍爱 (珍愛)
疼爱 (疼愛)
相爱 (相愛)
真爱 (真愛)
谈恋爱 (談戀愛)
错爱 (錯愛)
钟爱 (鍾愛)
关爱 (關愛)

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  • 1166th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 125 words
  • Component in 24 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dīng (Ding1)surname Ding
2. dīng (ding1)fourth of 10 heavenly stems 十天干 • fourth in order • letter "D" or roman "IV" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc • butyl • cubes (of food)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

丁丁 
布丁 

Uncommon

丁卯 
丁字 
丁字裤 (丁字褲)
丁磊 
丁香 
丁点 (丁點)
亚丁 (亞丁)
人丁 
但丁 
冷不丁 
卡丁车 (卡丁車)
园丁 (園丁)
垦丁 (墾丁)
壮丁 (壯丁)
奥斯丁 (奧斯丁)
尼古丁 
爱丁堡 (愛丁堡)
拉丁 
拉丁文 
拉丁美洲 
拉丁舞 
柳丁 
沙丁鱼 (沙丁魚)
添丁 
紫丁香 
补丁 (補丁)
阿拉丁 
鸡丁 (雞丁)
马丁 (馬丁)

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  • 1519th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 65 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bǎo (bao3)an earthwork • castle • position of defense • stronghold • used in place names, often as phonetic bao for "burg" or "bad"
2. (pu4)variant of 鋪|铺 • used in place names

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for bǎo (bao3)The component is pronounced as 'bǎo' (bao3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (pu4)The component is pronounced as '' (mu4). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for (pu4)The component is pronounced as '' (tu3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

城堡 
汉堡 (漢堡)
碉堡 

Uncommon

古堡 
堡垒 (堡壘)
大堡礁 
爱丁堡 (愛丁堡)
汉堡包 (漢堡包)
汉堡王 (漢堡王)
卢森堡 (盧森堡)
圣彼得堡 (聖彼得堡)

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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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