• 1199th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 75 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shāo (shao1)to burn • to cook • to stew • to bake • to roast • fever

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shāo (shao1)The component is pronounced as 'yáo' (yao2). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

燃烧 (燃燒)
烧烤 (燒烤)
发烧 (發燒)

Uncommon

串烧 (串燒)
低烧 (低燒)
叉烧 (叉燒)
火烧 (火燒)
烧伤 (燒傷)
烧掉 (燒掉)
烧水 (燒水)
烧火 (燒火)
烧焦 (燒焦)
烧纸 (燒紙)
烧卖 (燒賣)
烧酒 (燒酒)
烧开 (燒開)
烧饼 (燒餅)
烧香 (燒香)
烧麦 (燒麥)
发烧友 (發燒友)
红烧 (紅燒)
红烧肉 (紅燒肉)
退烧 (退燒)
铁板烧 (鐵板燒)
高烧 (高燒)

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  • 972nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 86 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. mài (mai4)to sell • to betray • to spare no effort • to show off or flaunt

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

外卖 (外賣)
热卖 (熱賣)
卖萌 (賣萌)

Uncommon

出卖 (出賣)
专卖 (專賣)
专卖店 (專賣店)
小卖部 (小賣部)
拍卖 (拍賣)
拍卖会 (拍賣會)
拐卖 (拐賣)
烧卖 (燒賣)
甩卖 (甩賣)
义卖 (義賣)
变卖 (變賣)
贩卖 (販賣)
买卖 (買賣)
卖傻 (賣傻)
卖出 (賣出)
卖力 (賣力)
卖命 (賣命)
卖弄 (賣弄)
卖掉 (賣掉)
卖淫 (賣淫)
卖相 (賣相)
卖身 (賣身)
卖点 (賣點)
贱卖 (賤賣)
转卖 (轉賣)

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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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