• 741st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 39 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huī (hui1)to wave • to brandish • to wipe away • to command • to conduct • to scatter • to disperse

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

指挥 (指揮)
挥霍 (揮霍)
发挥 (發揮)

Uncommon

挥之不去 (揮之不去)
挥手 (揮手)
挥泪 (揮淚)
挥洒 (揮灑)
挥发 (揮發)
挥舞 (揮舞)
挥霍无度 (揮霍無度)

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  • 1440th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 65 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huò (Huo4)surname Huo
2. huò (huo4)suddenly

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

挥霍 (揮霍)

Uncommon

挥霍无度 (揮霍無度)
炉霍县 (爐霍縣)
霍尔木兹 (霍爾木茲)
霍华德 (霍華德)
霍金 

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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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