• 870th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 52 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
𠂇丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiù (jiu4)to save • to assist • to rescue

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiù (jiu4)The component is pronounced as 'qiú' (qiu2). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

High Frequency

拯救 
 
救命 

Medium Frequency

急救 
挽救 
搭救 
抢救 (搶救)
救助 
救援 
救济 (救濟)
救生艇 
救护车 (救護車)
救赎 (救贖)
求救 
无可救药 (無可救藥)
补救 (補救)
解救 
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  • 258th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 95 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. mìng (ming4)life • fate • order or command • to assign a name, title etc

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 
命运 (命運)
生命 
革命 

Medium Frequency

人命 
使命 
偿命 (償命)
命中 
命令 
命名 
命题 (命題)
寿命 (壽命)
天命 
宿命 
拼命 
救命 
死命 
生命力 
相依为命 (相依為命)
算命 
维他命 (維他命)
致命 
苦命 
要命 
认命 (認命)
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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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