• 351st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 180 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shōu (shou1)to receive • to accept • to collect • to restrain • to stop • in care of (used on address line after name)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shōu (shou1)The component is pronounced as 'shù' (shu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

收到 
收拾 
收获 (收獲)
收藏 

Uncommon

吸收 
回收 
接收 
收入 
收取 
收回 
收场 (收場)
收尾 
收工 
收复 (收復)
收心 
收敛 (收斂)
收留 
收益 
收盘 (收盤)
收看 
收礼 (收禮)
收纳 (收納)
收紧 (收緊)
收缩 (收縮)
收听 (收聽)
收视率 (收視率)
收费 (收費)
收费站 (收費站)
收购 (收購)
收录 (收錄)
收集 
收音机 (收音機)
收养 (收養)
没收 (沒收)
丰收 (豐收)

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  • 757th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 52 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. mǎi (mai3)to buy • to purchase

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

买到 (買到)
购买 (購買)

Uncommon

招兵买马 (招兵買馬)
收买 (收買)
牙买加 (牙買加)
买入 (買入)
买单 (買單)
买回 (買回)
买好 (買好)
买家 (買家)
买卖 (買賣)

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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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