• 663rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 232 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Bo1)Poland • Polish • abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bo1 lan2]
2. (bo1)wave • ripple • storm • surge

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

奔波 
宁波 (寧波)
微波炉 (微波爐)

Uncommon

一波三折 
仁波切 
光波 
周立波 
宁波市 (寧波市)
微波 
水波 
波光 
波动 (波動)
波及 
波士顿 (波士頓)
波多黎各 
波折 
波斯 
波斯湾 (波斯灣)
波斯猫 (波斯貓)
波段 
波浪 
波涛 (波濤)
波澜 (波瀾)
波澜壮阔 (波瀾壯闊)
波尔多 (波爾多)
波特 
波纹 (波紋)
波兰 (波蘭)
波西米亚 (波西米亞)
波音 
烟波 (煙波)
王小波 
眼波 
莎拉波娃 
冲击波 (衝擊波)
超声波 (超聲波)
轩然大波 (軒然大波)
阿波罗 (阿波羅)
随波逐流 (隨波逐流)
电波 (電波)
电磁波 (電磁波)
风波 (風波)
香波 
马可波罗 (馬可波羅)

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  • 1933rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 39 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ci2)Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris) • to thatch (a roof)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ci2)The component is pronounced as '' (ci4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for (ci2)The component is pronounced as 'cǎo' (cao3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

盖茨 (蓋茨)

Uncommon

弗罗茨瓦夫 (弗羅茨瓦夫)
波茨坦 
罗伯茨 (羅伯茨)
美因茨 
茨城 
茨菰 
盖茨比 (蓋茨比)
萨尔茨堡 (薩爾茨堡)
阿尔茨海默氏症 (阿爾茨海默氏症)
霍格沃茨 
霍洛维茨 (霍洛維茨)

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  • 1015th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 77 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tǎn (tan3)flat • open-hearted • level • smooth

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for tǎn (tan3)The component is pronounced as 'dàn' (dan4). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for tǎn (tan3)The component is pronounced as '' (tu3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

坦然 
坦诚 (坦誠)
平坦 
舒坦 

Uncommon

伊斯坦布尔 (伊斯坦布爾)
坦克 
坦率 
坦白 
坦荡 (坦蕩)
巴基斯坦 
爱因斯坦 (愛因斯坦)
斯坦福 
泰坦尼克号 (泰坦尼克號)

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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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