• 143rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 440 words
  • Component in 353 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shǒu (shou3)hand • (formal) to hold • person engaged in certain types of work • person skilled in certain types of work • personal(ly) • convenient • CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shǒu (shou3)The component is pronounced as 'shǒu' (shou3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

分手 
射手 
射手座 
手机 (手機)
手气 (手氣)

Uncommon

一手 
上手 
下手 
二手 
二手房 
人手 
伸手 
凶手 (兇手)
入手 
出手 
到手 
助手 
动手 (動手)
右手 
对手 (對手)
左手 
帮手 (幫手)
手下 
手册 (手冊)
手动 (手動)
手势 (手勢)
手套 
手写 (手寫)
手工 
手心 
手指 
手掌 
手提包 
手段 
手法 
手稿 
手续 (手續)
手续费 (手續費)
手腕 
手脚 (手腳)
手臂 
手艺 (手藝)
手术 (手術)
手表 (手錶)
手链 (手鏈)
手镯 (手鐲)
手头 (手頭)
把手 
拉手 
招手 
拱手 
拿手 
措手不及 
握手 
挥手 (揮手)
抢手 (搶手)
携手 (攜手)
放手 
新手 
枪手 (槍手)
歌手 
杀手 (殺手)
洗手 
牵手 (牽手)
空手 
联手 (聯手)
能手 
举手 (舉手)
举手投足 (舉手投足)
着手 (著手)
亲手 (親手)
选手 (選手)
释手 (釋手)
随手 (隨手)
顺手 (順手)
高手 

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  • 230th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 539 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. diàn (dian4)electric • electricity • electrical

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for diàn (dian4)The component is pronounced as 'diàn' (dian4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

电信 (電信)
电影 (電影)
电脑 (電腦)
电视 (電視)
电视剧 (電視劇)
电话 (電話)

Uncommon

来电 (來電)
供电 (供電)
停电 (停電)
充电 (充電)
充电器 (充電器)
家电 (家電)
广电 (廣電)
手电筒 (手電筒)
放电 (放電)
断电 (斷電)
核电站 (核電站)
水电 (水電)
发电 (發電)
省电 (省電)
致电 (致電)
触电 (觸電)
贺电 (賀電)
闪电 (閃電)
电力 (電力)
电动 (電動)
电吹风 (電吹風)
电器 (電器)
电报 (電報)
电压 (電壓)
电子 (電子)
电子书 (電子書)
电工 (電工)
电影票 (電影票)
电影节 (電影節)
电影院 (電影院)
电梯 (電梯)
电气 (電氣)
电池 (電池)
电波 (電波)
电流 (電流)
电源 (電源)
电热毯 (電熱毯)
电灯 (電燈)
电灯泡 (電燈泡)
电瓶车 (電瓶車)
电眼 (電眼)
电磁 (電磁)
电网 (電網)
电线 (電線)
电线杆 (電線杆)
电脑网 (電腦網)
电台 (電臺)
电视机 (電視機)
电视台 (電視臺)
电话卡 (電話卡)
电话簿 (電話簿)
电路 (電路)
电车 (電車)
电量 (電量)
电锯 (電鋸)
电音 (電音)
电饭煲 (電飯煲)
电饭锅 (電飯鍋)
静电 (靜電)

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  • 2084th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 31 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tǒng (tong3)tube • cylinder

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for tǒng (tong3)The component is pronounced as 'tóng' (tong2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for tǒng (tong3)The component is pronounced as 'tòng' (tong4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

传声筒 (傳聲筒)
手电筒 (手電筒)
话筒 (話筒)

Uncommon

出气筒 (出氣筒)
圆筒 (圓筒)
垃圾筒 
滚筒 (滾筒)
甜筒 
竹筒 
笔筒 (筆筒)
听筒 (聽筒)
万花筒 (萬花筒)
长筒靴 (長筒靴)

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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.