• 3631st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 3 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. méi (mei2)brink • edge

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for méi (mei2)The component is pronounced as 'méi' (mei2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for méi (mei2)The component is pronounced as '' (mu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

High Frequency

湄公河 

Medium Frequency

湄洲岛 (湄洲島)
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  • 115th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.16% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 201 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gōng (gong1)public • collectively owned • common • international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) • make public • fair • just • Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] • honorable (gentlemen) • father-in-law • male (animal)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

公主 
公交 
公司 
公园 (公園)
公寓 
公民 
公路 
公里 
老公 
办公室 (辦公室)

Medium Frequency

不公 
主人公 
 
公事 
公交车 (公交車)
公仔 
公布 (公佈)
公元 
公公 
公共 
公分 
公务员 (公務員)
公告 
公婆 
公子 
公安 
公安局 
公安部 
公家 
公平 
公厕 (公廁)
公式 
公敌 (公敵)
公斤 
公会 (公會)
公款 
公正 
公然 
公牛 
公益 
公众 (公眾)
公认 (公認)
公猪 (公豬)
公费 (公費)
公车 (公車)
公道 
公开 (公開)
公开赛 (公開賽)
公关 (公關)
公鸡 (公雞)
公馆 (公館)
分公司 
外公 
天公 
平方公里 
济公 (濟公)
相公 
蒲公英 
办公 (辦公)
办公楼 (辦公樓)
阿公 
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  • 574th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 170 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (he2)river • CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (he2)The component is pronounced as '' (ke3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (he2)The component is pronounced as '' (ke4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

夏河 
天河 
 
河北 
河南 
河流 
河谷 
黄河 (黃河)

Medium Frequency

冰河 
北戴河 
口若悬河 (口若懸河)
塞纳河 (塞納河)
多瑙河 
天河区 (天河區)
小河 
尼罗河 (尼羅河)
山河 
广河 (廣河)
恒河 (恆河)
爱河 (愛河)
拔河 
楚河汉界 (楚河漢界)
气壮山河 (氣壯山河)
江河 
沈河区 (沈河區)
沙河 
河内 (河內)
河北区 (河北區)
河北省 
河南省 
河口 
河岸 
河床 
河东 (河東)
河东区 (河東區)
河水 
河池 
河源 
河畔 
河粉 
河蟹 
河西 
河西区 (河西區)
河豚 
河道 
河边 (河邊)
河马 (河馬)
海河 
淮河 
清河 
湄公河 
漠河 
漯河 
石河子 
红河 (紅河)
莱茵河 (萊茵河)
苏州河 (蘇州河)
护城河 (護城河)
跳河 
通河 
运河 (運河)
银河 (銀河)
银河系 (銀河系)
开河 (開河)
陆河 (陸河)
香河 
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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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