• 939th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 59 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhāo (zhao1)to recruit • to provoke • to beckon • to incur • to infect • contagious • a move (chess) • a maneuver • device • trick • to confess

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhāo (zhao1)The component is pronounced as 'zhào' (zhao4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhāo (zhao1)The component is pronounced as 'dāo' (dao1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 
招呼 
招聘 
招财 (招財)

Medium Frequency

打招呼 
招人 
招来 (招來)
招兵买马 (招兵買馬)
招募 
招商 
招展 
招式 
招待 
招惹 
招手 
招摇 (招搖)
招数 (招數)
招架 
招标 (招標)
招牌 
招生 
招聘会 (招聘會)
支招 
绝招 (絕招)
高招 
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  • 672nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 52 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
𠂇

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dāi (dai1)stay • delay
2. dài (dai4)to wait • to treat • to deal with • to need • going to (do sth) • about to • intending to

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

期待 
等待 

Medium Frequency

善待 
对待 (對待)
 
待人 
待遇 
招待 
接待 
看待 
迫不及待 
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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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