• 1309th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 66 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
𠂇丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huī (hui1)ash • dust • lime • gray • discouraged • dejected

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for huī (hui1)The component is pronounced as 'huǒ' (huo3). It has the same pinyin initial.
📚Save to a study list and track your progressSign up to create custom character lists, mark characters as learned, and build your knowledge step by step.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

灰姑娘 
灰色 

Uncommon

心灰意冷 
灰尘 (灰塵)
灰心 
灰暗 
灰溜溜 
灰烬 (灰燼)
灰蒙蒙 
灰头土脸 (灰頭土臉)
炮灰 
烟灰 (煙灰)
烟灰缸 (煙灰缸)
石灰 
万念俱灰 (萬念俱灰)
骨灰 
骨灰盒 

RareShow 49

#Back to top
  • 147th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 621 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tóu (tou2)head • hair style • the top • end • beginning or end • a stub • remnant • chief • boss • side • aspect • first • leading • classifier for pigs or livestock • CL:個|个[ge4]
2. tou (tou5)suff. for nouns

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for tóu (tou2)The component is pronounced as 'dòu' (dou4). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for tou (tou5)The component is pronounced as 'dòu' (dou4). It has the same pinyin final.
📚Save to a study list and track your progressSign up to create custom character lists, mark characters as learned, and build your knowledge step by step.

Example Words

Common

丫头 (丫頭)
低头 (低頭)
回头 (回頭)
年头 (年頭)
心头 (心頭)
念头 (念頭)
抬头 (抬頭)
枕头 (枕頭)
汕头 (汕頭)
洗头 (洗頭)
尽头 (盡頭)
石头 (石頭)
码头 (碼頭)
老头 (老頭)
舌头 (舌頭)
街头 (街頭)
过头 (過頭)
镜头 (鏡頭)
开头 (開頭)
头像 (頭像)
头晕 (頭暈)
头疼 (頭疼)
头痛 (頭痛)
头脑 (頭腦)
头发 (頭髮)
馒头 (饅頭)
骨头 (骨頭)

Uncommon

一头雾水 (一頭霧水)
上头 (上頭)
乳头 (乳頭)
二锅头 (二鍋頭)
人头 (人頭)
人头马 (人頭馬)
仰头 (仰頭)
个头 (個頭)
偏头痛 (偏頭痛)
兆头 (兆頭)
光头 (光頭)
出人头地 (出人頭地)
出头 (出頭)
出风头 (出風頭)
到头来 (到頭來)
剃头 (剃頭)
前头 (前頭)
劲头 (勁頭)
势头 (勢頭)
包头 (包頭)
口头 (口頭)
口头禅 (口頭禪)
噱头 (噱頭)
埋头 (埋頭)
外头 (外頭)
多头 (多頭)
对头 (對頭)
山头 (山頭)
崭露头角 (嶄露頭角)
巨头 (巨頭)
带头 (帶頭)
平头 (平頭)
床头 (床頭)
床头柜 (床頭櫃)
后头 (後頭)
从头 (從頭)
从头到尾 (從頭到尾)
彻头彻尾 (徹頭徹尾)
手指头 (手指頭)
手头 (手頭)
扭头 (扭頭)
抱头痛哭 (抱頭痛哭)
拳头 (拳頭)
指头 (指頭)
掉头 (掉頭)
探头 (探頭)
接头 (接頭)
插头 (插頭)
摇头 (搖頭)
摄像头 (攝像頭)
改头换面 (改頭換面)
日头 (日頭)
晕头转向 (暈頭轉向)
木头 (木頭)
梳头 (梳頭)
桥头 (橋頭)
水龙头 (水龍頭)
源头 (源頭)
满头大汗 (滿頭大汗)
无厘头 (無厘頭)
焦头烂额 (焦頭爛額)
烟头 (煙頭)
片头 (片頭)
牛头 (牛頭)
狮子头 (獅子頭)
猎头 (獵頭)
白头 (白頭)
白头偕老 (白頭偕老)
白头到老 (白頭到老)
盼头 (盼頭)
眉头 (眉頭)
看头 (看頭)
矛头 (矛頭)
碰头 (碰頭)
磕头 (磕頭)
砖头 (磚頭)
秃头 (禿頭)
空头 (空頭)
箭头 (箭頭)
罐头 (罐頭)
老头儿 (老頭兒)
老头子 (老頭子)
临头 (臨頭)
芋头 (芋頭)
蓬头垢面 (蓬頭垢面)
葱头 (蔥頭)
虎头蛇尾 (虎頭蛇尾)
行头 (行頭)
里头 (裡頭)
调头 (調頭)
猪头 (豬頭)
猫头鹰 (貓頭鷹)
起头 (起頭)
跟头 (跟頭)
转头 (轉頭)
重头戏 (重頭戲)
钟头 (鐘頭)
关头 (關頭)
头一 (頭一)
头上 (頭上)
头儿 (頭兒)
头大 (頭大)
头昏 (頭昏)
头昏脑胀 (頭昏腦脹)
头条 (頭條)
头版 (頭版)
头皮 (頭皮)
头盔 (頭盔)
头破血流 (頭破血流)
头等 (頭等)
头等舱 (頭等艙)
头绪 (頭緒)
头部 (頭部)
头重脚轻 (頭重腳輕)
头衔 (頭銜)
头顶 (頭頂)
头头 (頭頭)
头颅 (頭顱)
头饰 (頭飾)
额头 (額頭)
风头 (風頭)
魔头 (魔頭)
鱼头 (魚頭)
点头 (點頭)
龙头 (龍頭)

RareShow 469

#Back to top
  • 515th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 221 words
  • Component in 346 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Tu3)Tu (ethnic group) • surname Tu
2. (tu3)earth • dust • clay • local • indigenous • crude opium • unsophisticated • one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (tu3)The component is pronounced as '' (tu3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
📚Save to a study list and track your progressSign up to create custom character lists, mark characters as learned, and build your knowledge step by step.

Example Words

Common

土地 
土豆 

Uncommon

入土 
出土 
卷土重来 (卷土重來)
国土 (國土)
土人 
土包子 
土匪 
土司 
土壤 
土家族 
土星 
土木 
土楼 (土樓)
土特产 (土特產)
土生土长 (土生土長)
土耳其 
土著 
土豆泥 
土豪 
土鳖 (土鱉)
尘土 (塵土)
故土 
本土 
水土 
水土不服 
泥土 
净土 (淨土)
混凝土 
灰头土脸 (灰頭土臉)
破土 
稀土 
粘土 
粪土 (糞土)
乡土 (鄉土)
领土 (領土)
风土 (風土)
黄土 (黃土)

RareShow 182

#Back to top
  • 615th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 108 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
moonhumanoneNo glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. liǎn (lian3)face • CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for liǎn (lian3)The component is pronounced as 'qiān' (qian1). It has the same pinyin final.
📚Save to a study list and track your progressSign up to create custom character lists, mark characters as learned, and build your knowledge step by step.

Example Words

Common

丢脸 (丟臉)
洗脸 (洗臉)
满脸 (滿臉)
笑脸 (笑臉)
翻脸 (翻臉)
脸皮 (臉皮)
脸红 (臉紅)
脸色 (臉色)
脸蛋 (臉蛋)
脸颊 (臉頰)
脸庞 (臉龐)

Uncommon

厚脸皮 (厚臉皮)
嘴脸 (嘴臉)
娃娃脸 (娃娃臉)
死皮赖脸 (死皮賴臉)
没脸 (沒臉)
灰头土脸 (灰頭土臉)
瓜子脸 (瓜子臉)
白脸 (白臉)
老脸 (老臉)
脸型 (臉型)
脸孔 (臉孔)
脸皮厚 (臉皮厚)
脸盆 (臉盆)
脸蛋儿 (臉蛋兒)
脸谱 (臉譜)
脸面 (臉面)
变脸 (變臉)
赏脸 (賞臉)
露脸 (露臉)
鬼脸 (鬼臉)
黄脸婆 (黃臉婆)

RareShow 76

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.