• 2094th 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. (ju1)to capture • to restrain • to constrain • to adhere rigidly to • inflexible

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ju1)The component is pronounced as '' (ju4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

拘留 
无拘无束 (無拘無束)

Uncommon

不拘 
不拘一格 
不拘小节 (不拘小節)
拘役 
拘捕 
拘束 
拘泥 
拘留所 
拘禁 
拘谨 (拘謹)

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  • 554th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 121 words
  • Component in 16 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. liú (liu2)to leave (a message etc) • to retain • to stay • to remain • to keep • to preserve

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

停留 
留下 
留给 (留給)
留言 

Uncommon

保留 
去留 
拘留 
挽留 
收留 
残留 (殘留)
滞留 (滯留)
留住 
留作 
留存 
留学 (留學)
留学生 (留學生)
留守 
留影 
留心 
留念 
留情 
留意 
留恋 (留戀)
留神 
逗留 
遗留 (遺留)

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  • 54th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.27% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 200 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. suǒ (suo3)actually • place • classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc • that which • particle introducing a relative clause or passive • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

所以 
所有 

Uncommon

一无所有 (一無所有)
不知所措 
之所以 
前所未有 
场所 (場所)
厕所 (廁所)
所在 
所谓 (所謂)
畅所欲言 (暢所欲言)
有所 
派出所 
无所事事 (無所事事)
无所谓 (無所謂)
理所当然 (理所當然)
研究所 
随心所欲 (隨心所欲)

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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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