• 1241st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 76 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bào (bao4)to explode or burst • to quick fry or quick boil

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for bào (bao4)The component is pronounced as 'bào' (bao4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for bào (bao4)The component is pronounced as 'cǎo' (cao3). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for bào (bao4)The component is pronounced as '' (ba1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

爆棚 
爆炸 
爆发 (爆發)
爆竹 
爆笑 

Uncommon

引爆 
打爆 
火爆 
爆出 
爆料 
爆满 (爆滿)
爆米花 
爆胎 

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  • 1586th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 93 words
  • Component in 237 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical
𠂉

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhú (zhu2)bamboo • CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhú (zhu2)The component is pronounced as 'zhú' (zhu2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

爆竹 

Uncommon

势如破竹 (勢如破竹)
山竹 
放爆竹 
新竹 
竹子 
竹林 
竹笋 (竹筍)
竹筒 
胸有成竹 
腐竹 

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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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