• 1997th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 61 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. pāo (pao1)puffed • swollen • spongy • small lake (esp. in place names) • classifier for urine or feces
2. pào (pao4)bubble • foam • blister (i.e. skin bubble) • to soak • to steep • to infuse • to dawdle • to shilly-shally • to hang about • to pick up (a girl) • to get off with (a sexual partner)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for pāo (pao1)The component is pronounced as 'bāo' (bao1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for pào (pao4)The component is pronounced as 'bāo' (bao1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

泡沫 
泡泡 
泡菜 
泡面 (泡麵)
浸泡 

Uncommon

气泡 (氣泡)
水泡 
泡妞 
泡汤 (泡湯)
泡澡 
泡饭 (泡飯)
灯泡 (燈泡)
起泡 
电灯泡 (電燈泡)

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  • 1997th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 61 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. pāo (pao1)puffed • swollen • spongy • small lake (esp. in place names) • classifier for urine or feces
2. pào (pao4)bubble • foam • blister (i.e. skin bubble) • to soak • to steep • to infuse • to dawdle • to shilly-shally • to hang about • to pick up (a girl) • to get off with (a sexual partner)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for pāo (pao1)The component is pronounced as 'bāo' (bao1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for pào (pao4)The component is pronounced as 'bāo' (bao1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

泡沫 
泡泡 
泡菜 
泡面 (泡麵)
浸泡 

Uncommon

气泡 (氣泡)
水泡 
泡妞 
泡汤 (泡湯)
泡澡 
泡饭 (泡飯)
灯泡 (燈泡)
起泡 
电灯泡 (電燈泡)

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  • 1744th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 106 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. táng (tang2)sugar • sweets • candy • CL:顆|颗[ke1],塊|块[kuai4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for táng (tang2)The component is pronounced as 'táng' (tang2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

冰糖 
白糖 
糖果 
红糖 (紅糖)

Uncommon

乳糖 
冰糖葫芦 (冰糖葫蘆)
口香糖 
喜糖 
方糖 
果糖 
棉花糖 
棒棒糖 
泡泡糖 
无糖 (無糖)
焦糖 
砂糖 
糖尿病 
糖水 
糖浆 (糖漿)
糖瓜 
糖葫芦 (糖葫蘆)
糖醋 
葡萄糖 
软糖 (軟糖)

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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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