• 359th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 33 words
  • Component in 13 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. měi (mei3)each • every

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for měi (mei3)The component is pronounced as '' (mu3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

每每 

Uncommon

每日 
每况愈下 (每況愈下)

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  • 419th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 34 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. kuàng (kuang4)moreover • situation

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for kuàng (kuang4)The component is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

情况 (情況)
状况 (狀況)

Uncommon

何况 (何況)
实况 (實況)
况且 (況且)
路况 (路況)

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  • 1299th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 14 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
𠁼

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (yu4)the more...(the more...) • to recover • to heal • better
2. (yu4)to heal

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (yu4)The component is pronounced as '' (yu2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for (yu4)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for (yu4)The component is pronounced as 'yuè' (yue4). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

治愈 (治癒)

Uncommon

愈来愈 (愈來愈)
愈加 
愈合 
痊愈 (痊癒)

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  • 42nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.32% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 446 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xià (xia4)down • downwards • below • lower • later • next (week etc) • second (of two parts) • to decline • to go down • to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

一下 
下午 
下载 (下載)
天下 

Uncommon

一下子 
上下 
下来 (下來)
下去 
下场 (下場)
下属 (下屬)
下巴 
下手 
下班 
下课 (下課)
下跌 
下车 (下車)
下辈子 (下輩子)
下酒 
下降 
下雨 
下雪 
下面 
之下 
以下 
倒下 
停下 
剩下 
地下 
坐下 
如下 
写下 (寫下)
底下 
手下 
拿下 
接下来 (接下來)
放下 
旗下 
楼下 (樓下)
留下 
当下 (當下)
落下 
许下 (許下)
躺下 
这下 (這下)
乡下 (鄉下)
零下 

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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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