• 857th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 22 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chǔ (Chu3)surname Chu • abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] provinces together • Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722-221 BC)
2. chǔ (chu3)distinct • clear • orderly • pain • suffering • deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) • punishment cane (old)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

清楚 

Medium Frequency

宋楚瑜 
楚楚 
痛楚 
苦楚 
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  • 574th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 170 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (he2)river • CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (he2)The component is pronounced as '' (ke3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (he2)The component is pronounced as '' (ke4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

夏河 
天河 
 
河北 
河南 
河流 
河谷 
黄河 (黃河)

Medium Frequency

冰河 
北戴河 
口若悬河 (口若懸河)
塞纳河 (塞納河)
多瑙河 
天河区 (天河區)
小河 
尼罗河 (尼羅河)
山河 
广河 (廣河)
恒河 (恆河)
爱河 (愛河)
拔河 
楚河汉界 (楚河漢界)
气壮山河 (氣壯山河)
江河 
沈河区 (沈河區)
沙河 
河内 (河內)
河北区 (河北區)
河北省 
河南省 
河口 
河岸 
河床 
河东 (河東)
河东区 (河東區)
河水 
河池 
河源 
河畔 
河粉 
河蟹 
河西 
河西区 (河西區)
河豚 
河道 
河边 (河邊)
河马 (河馬)
海河 
淮河 
清河 
湄公河 
漠河 
漯河 
石河子 
红河 (紅河)
莱茵河 (萊茵河)
苏州河 (蘇州河)
护城河 (護城河)
跳河 
通河 
运河 (運河)
银河 (銀河)
银河系 (銀河系)
开河 (開河)
陆河 (陸河)
香河 
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  • 710th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 94 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. hàn (Han4)Han ethnic group • Chinese (language) • the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
2. hàn (han4)man

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

好汉 (好漢)
武汉 (武漢)
武汉市 (武漢市)
 ()
汉堡 (漢堡)
汉语 (漢語)
老汉 (老漢)

Medium Frequency

单身汉 (單身漢)
大汉 (大漢)
广汉 (廣漢)
懒汉 (懶漢)
东汉 (東漢)
楚河汉界 (楚河漢界)
江汉 (江漢)
江汉区 (江漢區)
流浪汉 (流浪漢)
满汉 (滿漢)
汉中 (漢中)
汉人 (漢人)
汉代 (漢代)
汉化 (漢化)
汉口 (漢口)
汉城 (漢城)
汉堡包 (漢堡包)
汉堡王 (漢堡王)
汉奸 (漢奸)
汉子 (漢子)
汉字 (漢字)
汉密尔顿 (漢密爾頓)
汉文 (漢文)
汉族 (漢族)
汉朝 (漢朝)
汉武帝 (漢武帝)
汉江 (漢江)
汉沽区 (漢沽區)
汉阳 (漢陽)
汉阳区 (漢陽區)
男子汉 (男子漢)
硬汉 (硬漢)
罗汉 (羅漢)
罗汉果 (羅漢果)
庄稼汉 (莊稼漢)
蜀汉 (蜀漢)
西汉 (西漢)
醉汉 (醉漢)
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  • 288th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 69 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
fieldhumanNo glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiè (jie4)boundary • scope • extent • circles • group • kingdom (taxonomy)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiè (jie4)The component is pronounced as 'jiè' (jie4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

世界 

Medium Frequency

境界 
外界 
张家界 (張家界)
 
界面 
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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.