• 214th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 172 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tiáo (tiao2)strip • item • article • clause (of law or treaty) • classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for tiáo (tiao2)The component is pronounced as 'tiáo' (tiao2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for tiáo (tiao2)The component is pronounced as 'xiǎo' (xiao3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

条件 (條件)
条纹 (條紋)
油条 (油條)
发条 (發條)
纸条 (紙條)
线条 (線條)
苗条 (苗條)
薯条 (薯條)
面条 (麵條)

Uncommon

井井有条 (井井有條)
信条 (信條)
假条 (假條)
半条命 (半條命)
字条 (字條)
封条 (封條)
慢条斯理 (慢條斯理)
凭条 (憑條)
教条 (教條)
有条不紊 (有條不紊)
枝条 (枝條)
条例 (條例)
条子 (條子)
条幅 (條幅)
条形码 (條形碼)
条款 (條款)
条理 (條理)
条码 (條碼)
条约 (條約)
白条 (白條)
粉条 (粉條)
萧条 (蕭條)
词条 (詞條)
链条 (鏈條)
长条 (長條)
雪条 (雪條)
头条 (頭條)

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  • 269th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 249 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xíng (xing2)to appear • to look • form • shape

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

形容 
形式 
形成 
形状 (形狀)
形象 
无形 (無形)
变形 (變形)
隐形 (隱形)

Uncommon

三角形 
人形 
原形 
圆形 (圓形)
图形 (圖形)
地形 
外形 
如影随形 (如影隨形)
字形 
弓形 
形势 (形勢)
形容词 (形容詞)
形式主义 (形式主義)
形形色色 
形影不离 (形影不離)
形态 (形態)
形体 (形體)
情形 
整形 
方形 
有形 
条形码 (條形碼)
现形 (現形)
球形 
异形 (異形)
畸形 
菱形 
身形 
长方形 (長方形)
雏形 (雛形)
体形 (體形)

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  • 1343rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 112 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ma3)weight • number • code • to pile • to stack • classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ma3)The component is pronounced as '' (ma3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

密码 (密碼)
数码 (數碼)
码头 (碼頭)
筹码 (籌碼)
号码 (號碼)
起码 (起碼)

Uncommon

乱码 (亂碼)
代码 (代碼)
尺码 (尺碼)
条码 (條碼)
源代码 (源代碼)
码字 (碼字)
编码 (編碼)
解码 (解碼)

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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.