• 1694th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 19 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. láo (lao2)firm • sturdy • fold (for animals) • sacrifice • prison

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 
牢骚 (牢騷)

Medium Frequency

地牢 
坐牢 
套牢 
牢固 
牢房 
牢牢 
牢笼 (牢籠)
牢记 (牢記)
发牢骚 (發牢騷)
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  • 2232nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 14 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
𠂉

Pinyin & Meaning

1. sāo (sao1)trouble • disturbance • rumpus • flirty • coquettish • abbr. for 離騷|离骚[Li2 Sao1] • literary writings • smell of urine • foul smell • male (animal) (topolect)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for sāo (sao1)The component is pronounced as 'zǎo' (zao3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

High Frequency

牢骚 (牢騷)
风骚 (風騷)
骚扰 (騷擾)

Medium Frequency

性骚扰 (性騷擾)
发牢骚 (發牢騷)
 ()
骚动 (騷動)
骚货 (騷貨)
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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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