• 1013th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 76 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dòng (dong4)cave • hole • zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dòng (dong4)The component is pronounced as 'tóng' (tong2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for dòng (dong4)The component is pronounced as 'tòng' (tong4). It has the same pinyin final.
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also appears in:

Example Words

Common

洞察 
漏洞 
空洞 
耳洞 

Uncommon

地洞 
山洞 
洞口 
洞天 
洞察力 
洞庭湖 
洞悉 
洞房 
洞房花烛夜 (洞房花燭夜)
洞穴 
溶洞 
漏洞百出 
破洞 
闹洞房 (鬧洞房)
黑洞 
龙洞 (龍洞)

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  • 512th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 152 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. fáng (Fang2)surname Fang
2. fáng (fang2)house • room • CL:間|间[jian1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for fáng (fang2)The component is pronounced as 'fāng' (fang1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

房子 
房间 (房間)

Uncommon

乳房 
二手房 
住房 
健身房 
套房 
厨房 (廚房)
心房 
房价 (房價)
房地产 (房地產)
房屋 
房东 (房東)
房产 (房產)
房租 
房贷 (房貸)
房门 (房門)
新房 
书房 (書房)
楼房 (樓房)
病房 
票房 
私房 
租房 

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  • 410th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 492 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huā (Hua1)surname Hua
2. huā (hua1)flower • blossom • CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4] • fancy pattern • florid • to spend (money, time)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for huā (hua1)The component is pronounced as 'huā' (hua1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for huā (hua1)The component is pronounced as 'huà' (hua4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

桃花运 (桃花運)
烟花 (煙花)
花儿 (花兒)
花园 (花園)
花心 
花生 
花轿 (花轎)
菊花 
雪花 
鲜花 (鮮花)

Uncommon

五花八门 (五花八門)
五花肉 
冰花 
印花 
大丽花 (大麗花)
天花板 
如花 
心花怒放 
拈花惹草 
挑花眼 
提花 
插花 
昙花 (曇花)
昙花一现 (曇花一現)
松花江 
松花蛋 
柳暗花明 
校花 
桂花 
桃花源 
梅花 
棉花 
棉花糖 
樱花 (櫻花)
水仙花 
水花 
浪花 
泪花 (淚花)
火花 
爆米花 
玫瑰花 
白花花 
百合花 
百花齐放 (百花齊放)
盆花 
眼花 
眼花缭乱 (眼花繚亂)
礼花 (禮花)
种花 (種花)
红花 (紅花)
繁花 
绣花 (繡花)
花光 
花卉 
花丛 (花叢)
花名 
花哨 
花坛 (花壇)
花季 
花掉 
花旦 
花期 
花木 
花木兰 (花木蘭)
花朵 
花束 
花枝 
花椒 
花样 (花樣)
花火 
花炮 
花灯 (花燈)
花瓣 
花瓶 
花生米 
花生酱 (花生醬)
花痴 
花盆 
花粉 
花纹 (花紋)
花絮 
花色 
花茶 
花草 
花菜 
花蕾 
花街 
花言巧语 (花言巧語)
花费 (花費)
花车 (花車)
花边 (花邊)
花都 
花都区 (花都區)
花销 (花銷)
花钱 (花錢)
花雕 
花香 
花鸟 (花鳥)
茉莉花 
茶花 
荷花 
菊花茶 
菜花 
落花流水 
葵花 
葵花子 
莲花 (蓮花)
葱花 (蔥花)
兰花 (蘭花)
西兰花 (西蘭花)
豆花 
野花 
锦上添花 (錦上添花)
开花 (開花)
雕花 
零花钱 (零花錢)
青花 
青花瓷 
风花雪月 (風花雪月)
麻花 
黄花 (黃花)

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  • 2532nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 15 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿𠂉

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhú (zhu2)candle • (literary) to illuminate

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

烛火 (燭火)
蜡烛 (蠟燭)

Uncommon

烛光 (燭光)
烛台 (燭臺)
香烛 (香燭)

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  • 664th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 117 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ye4)night

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

半夜 
夜店 
夜间 (夜間)
年夜饭 (年夜飯)

Uncommon

三更半夜 
今夜 
午夜 
夜夜 
夜宵 
夜幕 
夜晚 
夜景 
夜班 
夜空 
夜色 
夜里 (夜裡)
夜猫子 (夜貓子)
宵夜 
平安夜 
年夜 
彻夜 (徹夜)
日夜 
昨夜 
深夜 
熬夜 
过夜 (過夜)
黑夜 

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.