• 847th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 77 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. diào (diao4)to fall • to drop • to lag behind • to lose • to go missing • to reduce • fall (in prices) • to lose (value, weight etc) • to wag • to swing • to turn • to change • to exchange • to swap • to show off • to shed (hair)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

丢掉 (丟掉)
吃掉 
忘掉 

Uncommon

删掉 (刪掉)
剪掉 
去掉 
喝掉 
坏掉 (壞掉)
失掉 
干掉 (幹掉)
扔掉 
拔掉 
掉下 
掉泪 (掉淚)
掉落 
掉头 (掉頭)
撕掉 
改掉 
杀掉 (殺掉)
毁掉 (毀掉)
减掉 (減掉)
灭掉 (滅掉)
烧掉 (燒掉)
甩掉 
脱掉 (脫掉)
花掉 
卖掉 (賣掉)
走掉 
跑掉 
输掉 (輸掉)
关掉 (關掉)

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  • 1269th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 36 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lèi (lei4)tears

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

流泪 (流淚)
眼泪 (眼淚)

Uncommon

催泪 (催淚)
泪光 (淚光)
泪水 (淚水)
泪流满面 (淚流滿面)
落泪 (落淚)
血泪 (血淚)

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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.