• 312th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 115 words
  • Component in 10 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
𠂇

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qiú (qiu2)to seek • to look for • to request • to demand • to beseech

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

要求 
追求 

Uncommon

不求人 
乞求 
力求 
梦寐以求 (夢寐以求)
奢求 
寻求 (尋求)
强求 (強求)
征求 (徵求)
求人 
求助 
求婚 
求救 
求生 
求职 (求職)
求职者 (求職者)
求解 
求证 (求證)
渴求 
祈求 
苛求 
请求 (請求)
需求 

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  • 123rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.16% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 204 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhī (zhi1)to know • to be aware

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhī (zhi1)The component is pronounced as 'shǐ' (shi3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

知道 

Uncommon

不为人知 (不為人知)
不知不觉 (不知不覺)
不知所措 
告知 
得知 
明知 
未知 
无知 (無知)
知名 
知己 
知心 
知情 
知识 (知識)
知足 
通知 

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  • 1043rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 61 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (yu4)desire • appetite • passion • lust • greed
2. (yu4)to wish for • to desire • variant of 慾|欲[yu4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (yu4)The component is pronounced as '' (gu3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

欲望 (慾望)
食欲 (食慾)

Uncommon

性欲 (性慾)
情欲 (情慾)
欲火 (慾火)
昏昏欲睡 
畅所欲言 (暢所欲言)
望眼欲穿 
树欲静而风不止 (樹欲靜而風不止)
欲罢不能 (欲罷不能)
欲盖弥彰 (欲蓋彌彰)
求知欲 (求知慾)
为所欲为 (為所欲為)
物欲 
痛不欲生 
私欲 
纵欲 (縱慾)
贪欲 (貪慾)
随心所欲 (隨心所欲)
震耳欲聋 (震耳欲聾)

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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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