• 758th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 51 words
  • Component in 14 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huáng (Huang2)emperor • surname Huang

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

女皇 
 
皇冠 
皇后 
皇帝 
皇马 (皇馬)

Medium Frequency

冠冕堂皇 
天皇 
玉皇大帝 
皇上 
皇子 
皇室 
皇宫 (皇宮)
皇家 
秦始皇 
秦皇岛 (秦皇島)
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  • 549th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 76 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
丿丿丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (zu2)race • nationality • ethnicity • clan • by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

上班族 
家族 
 
民族 

Medium Frequency

一族 
哈尼族 
单身贵族 (單身貴族)
回族 
土家族 
壮族 (壯族)
彝族 (彞族)
族群 
族谱 (族譜)
月光族 
朝鲜族 (朝鮮族)
民族主义 (民族主義)
水族 
水族箱 
水族馆 (水族館)
满族 (滿族)
汉族 (漢族)
瑶族 (瑤族)
白族 
皇族 
种族 (種族)
纳西族 (納西族)
维吾尔族 (維吾爾族)
维族 (維族)
羌族 
苗族 
蒙古族 
藏族 
贵族 (貴族)
追星族 
部族 
黎族 
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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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