• 2227th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 22 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. guǎi (guai3)to turn • to kidnap (esp. through trickery) • to shanghai • a cane

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

拐骗 (拐騙)

Uncommon

拐弯 (拐彎)
拐杖 
拐棍 
拐角 
拐卖 (拐賣)
拐点 (拐點)

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  • 2430th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 13 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhàng (zhang4)a staff • a rod • cane • walking stick • to flog with a stick (old)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhàng (zhang4)The component is pronounced as 'zhàng' (zhang4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

拐杖 

Uncommon

手杖 
擀面杖 (擀麵杖)
权杖 (權杖)
魔杖 

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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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