• 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.
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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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  • 1270th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 80 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chá (cha2)tea • tea plant • CL:杯[bei1],壺|壶[hu2]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

奶茶 
茶叶 (茶葉)
茶馆 (茶館)
饮茶 (飲茶)

Uncommon

品茶 
抹茶 
早茶 
普洱茶 
柠檬茶 (檸檬茶)
清茶 
乌龙茶 (烏龍茶)
红茶 (紅茶)
花茶 
茶具 
茶几 
茶匙 
茶壶 (茶壺)
茶杯 
茶楼 (茶樓)
茶花 
茶叶蛋 (茶葉蛋)
茶话会 (茶話會)
茶道 
茶点 (茶點)
菊花茶 

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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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