• 2577th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 16 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhǔ (zhu3)to cook • to boil

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhǔ (zhu3)The component is pronounced as 'zhě' (zhe3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

煮熟 

Uncommon

煮沸 
煮蛋 
煮开 (煮開)

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  • 1385th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 102 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
𠂉

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dàn (dan4)egg • oval shaped • CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

彩蛋 
蛋糕 
鸡蛋 (雞蛋)

Uncommon

坏蛋 (壞蛋)
完蛋 
捣蛋 (搗蛋)
操蛋 
混蛋 
滚蛋 (滾蛋)
炒蛋 
王八蛋 
皮蛋 
笨蛋 
脸蛋 (臉蛋)
荷包蛋 
蛋挞 (蛋撻)
蛋白 
蛋白质 (蛋白質)
蛋黄 (蛋黃)

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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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