• 2643rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 45 words
  • Component in 131 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. quǎn (quan3)dog

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for quǎn (quan3)The component is pronounced as 'quǎn' (quan3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

爱犬 (愛犬)
犬夜叉 
猎犬 (獵犬)
警犬 

Uncommon

公犬 
寻回犬 (尋回犬)
导盲犬 (導盲犬)
犬儒 
狂犬病 
鸡犬升天 (雞犬升天)

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  • 664th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 117 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ye4)night

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

半夜 
夜店 
夜间 (夜間)
年夜饭 (年夜飯)

Uncommon

三更半夜 
今夜 
午夜 
夜夜 
夜宵 
夜幕 
夜晚 
夜景 
夜班 
夜空 
夜色 
夜里 (夜裡)
夜猫子 (夜貓子)
宵夜 
平安夜 
年夜 
彻夜 (徹夜)
日夜 
昨夜 
深夜 
熬夜 
过夜 (過夜)
黑夜 

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  • 2226th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 32 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chā (cha1)fork • pitchfork • prong • pick • cross • intersect • "X"
2. chá (cha2)to cross • be stuck
3. chǎ (cha3)to diverge • to open (as legs)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

交叉 
叉烧 (叉燒)

Uncommon

交叉口 
交叉点 (交叉點)
刀叉 
分叉 
劈叉 
叉子 
叉车 (叉車)
夜叉 
犬夜叉 

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.