• 462nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 80 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zǎo (zao3)early • morning • Good morning!

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

早上 
早安 

Uncommon

一大早 
一早 
大清早 
早年 
早日 
早晚 
早晨 
早起 
早饭 (早飯)
早餐 
早点 (早點)
清早 
迟早 (遲早)

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  • 128th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.16% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 321 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. diǎn (dian3)point • dot • drop • speck • o'clock • point (in space or time) • to draw a dot • to check on a list • to choose • to order (food in a restaurant) • to touch briefly • to hint • to light • to ignite • to pour a liquid drop by drop • (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] • dot stroke in Chinese characters • classifier for items

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

一点 (一點)
差点 (差點)
快点 (快點)
早点 (早點)
有点 (有點)
点亮 (點亮)
点击 (點擊)
点滴 (點滴)

Uncommon

一点儿 (一點兒)
一点点 (一點點)
亮点 (亮點)
优点 (優點)
共同点 (共同點)
加点 (加點)
半点 (半點)
原点 (原點)
地点 (地點)
差一点 (差一點)
几点 (幾點)
弱点 (弱點)
指点 (指點)
斑点 (斑點)
晚点 (晚點)
景点 (景點)
有点儿 (有點兒)
极点 (極點)
标点 (標點)
正点 (正點)
沸点 (沸點)
焦点 (焦點)
热点 (熱點)
特点 (特點)
甜点 (甜點)
盘点 (盤點)
站点 (站點)
终点 (終點)
终点站 (終點站)
网点 (網點)
缺点 (缺點)
装点 (裝點)
要点 (要點)
观点 (觀點)
卖点 (賣點)
起点 (起點)
重点 (重點)
钟点 (鐘點)
零点 (零點)
点儿 (點兒)
点名 (點名)
点子 (點子)
点心 (點心)
点数 (點數)
点火 (點火)
点燃 (點燃)
点球 (點球)
点睛 (點睛)
点缀 (點綴)
点菜 (點菜)
点评 (點評)
点钟 (點鐘)
点头 (點頭)
点点 (點點)
点点滴滴 (點點滴滴)

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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.