• 1824th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 73 words
  • Component in 17 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. guā (gua1)melon • gourd • squash

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for guā (gua1)The component is pronounced as 'guā' (gua1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

傻瓜 
木瓜 
西瓜 
黄瓜 (黃瓜)

Uncommon

冬瓜 
南瓜 
地瓜 
瓜子 
丝瓜 (絲瓜)
苦瓜 

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  • 1033rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 75 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shóu (shou2)see 熟[shu2]
2. shú (shu2)cooked (of food) • ripe (of fruit) • mature (of seeds) • familiar • skilled • done

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shóu (shou2)The component is pronounced as 'shú' (shu2). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for shóu (shou2)The component is pronounced as 'tóu' (tou2). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for shóu (shou2)The component is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for shú (shu2)The component is pronounced as 'shú' (shu2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
5. Pronunciation clue for shú (shu2)The component is pronounced as 'zhǔ' (zhu3). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

成熟 
熟悉 

Uncommon

催熟 
早熟 
煮熟 
熟人 
熟睡 
熟练 (熟練)
眼熟 

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  • 1427th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 48 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (di4)stem (of fruit)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (di4)The component is pronounced as '' (di4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (di4)The component is pronounced as '' (mi4). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

斯蒂芬 
梵蒂冈 (梵蒂岡)
梵蒂冈城 (梵蒂岡城)
玛莎拉蒂 (瑪莎拉蒂)
罗曼蒂克 (羅曼蒂克)

Uncommon

克里斯蒂安 
史蒂夫 
史蒂文 
史蒂文斯 
烟蒂 (煙蒂)
瓜熟蒂落 
芥蒂 
阴蒂 (陰蒂)

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  • 496th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 183 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (la4)to leave out • to be missing • to leave behind or forget to bring • to lag or fall behind
2. lào (lao4)see 落[luo4]
3. luò (luo4)to fall or drop • (of the sun) to set • (of a tide) to go out • to lower • to decline or sink • to lag or fall behind • to fall onto • to rest with • to get or receive • to write down • whereabouts • settlement

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for lào (lao4)The component is pronounced as 'cǎo' (cao3). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

低落 
堕落 (墮落)
失落 
落下 
落地 
落后 (落後)
角落 
部落 

Uncommon

丢三落四 (丟三落四)
冷落 
利落 
回落 
坐落 
坠落 (墜落)
大起大落 
掉落 
散落 
数落 (數落)
日落 
村落 
段落 
没落 (沒落)
流落 
沦落 (淪落)
滑落 
磊落 
空落落 
脱落 (脫落)
落伍 
落入 
落寞 
落实 (落實)
落差 
落幕 
落得 
落户 (落戶)
落日 
落枕 
落水 
落泪 (落淚)
落汤鸡 (落湯雞)
落空 
落脚 (落腳)
落叶 (落葉)
落魄 
着落 (著落)
跌落 
遗落 (遺落)
降落 
降落伞 (降落傘)
陨落 (隕落)
飘落 (飄落)

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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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