• 501st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 245 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Wu3)surname Wu
2. (wu3)martial • military

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

威武 
武器 
武将 (武將)
武林 
武汉 (武漢)
武艺 (武藝)
武术 (武術)

Uncommon

宣武区 (宣武區)
尚武 
文武 
核武器 
武侯区 (武侯區)
武侠 (武俠)
武则天 (武則天)
武力 
武功 
武士 
武夷山 
武宁 (武寧)
武打 
武断 (武斷)
武昌 
武昌区 (武昌區)
武松 
武汉市 (武漢市)
武生 
武当山 (武當山)
武装 (武裝)
武警 
玄武 
玄武区 (玄武區)

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  • 299th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 226 words
  • Component in 203 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wáng (Wang2)surname Wang
2. wáng (wang2)king or monarch • best or strongest of its type • grand • great
3. wàng (wang4)to rule • to reign over

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for wáng (wang2)The component is pronounced as 'wáng' (wang2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for wáng (wang2)The component is pronounced as 'wàng' (wang4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
3. Pronunciation clue for wàng (wang4)The component is pronounced as 'wáng' (wang2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
4. Pronunciation clue for wàng (wang4)The component is pronounced as 'wàng' (wang4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

国王 (國王)
女王 
王力宏 
王子 
王菲 
王道 

Uncommon

君王 
大王 
天王 
帝王 
猴王 
王八 
王八蛋 
王冠 
王国 (王國)
王妃 
王小波 
王府 
王府井 
王心凌 
王朝 
王牌 
王老吉 
白马王子 (白馬王子)
阎王 (閻王)
霸王 
霸王别姬 (霸王別姬)
魔王 
龙王 (龍王)

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  • 1808th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 28 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (fa2)to cut down • to fell • to dispatch an expedition against • to attack • to boast

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

步伐 
党同伐异 (黨同伐異)

Uncommon

伐木 
斯洛伐克 
讨伐 (討伐)

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  • 4315th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 4 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
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Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhòu (zhou4)saddle crupper (harness strap on horse's back)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

助纣为虐 (助紂為虐)

Uncommon

商纣王 (商紂王)
武王伐纣 (武王伐紂)

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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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