• 1149th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 102 words
  • Component in 14 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qiū (Qiu1)surname Qiu
2. qiū (qiu1)autumn • fall • harvest time • a swing
3. qiū (qiu1)a swing

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

春秋 
秋天 

Uncommon

中秋 
中秋节 (中秋節)
千秋 
春夏秋冬 
深秋 
秋季 
秋水 
秋色 
秋叶 (秋葉)
秋叶原 (秋葉原)
秋葵 
秋衣 
秋裤 (秋褲)
秋游 (秋遊)
秋雨 
立秋 
秋千 (鞦韆)

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  • 918th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 139 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Ye4)surname Ye
2. (ye4)leaf • page • lobe • (historical) period

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

茶叶 (茶葉)
落叶 (落葉)
叶子 (葉子)
金枝玉叶 (金枝玉葉)

Uncommon

三叶草 (三葉草)
中叶 (中葉)
千叶 (千葉)
朱丽叶 (朱麗葉)
枝叶 (枝葉)
枯叶 (枯葉)
枫叶 (楓葉)
树叶 (樹葉)
百叶窗 (百葉窗)
秋叶 (秋葉)
秋叶原 (秋葉原)
粗枝大叶 (粗枝大葉)
红叶 (紅葉)
绿叶 (綠葉)
茶叶蛋 (茶葉蛋)
落叶归根 (落葉歸根)
叶问 (葉問)
叶片 (葉片)
叶酸 (葉酸)
香叶 (香葉)

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  • 193rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.11% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 250 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yuán (yuan2)former • original • primary • raw • level • cause • source

Pronunciation Clues

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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

原来 (原來)
原因 
原文 
原谅 (原諒)

Uncommon

中原 
原位 
原先 
原则 (原則)
原创 (原創)
原地 
原型 
原始 
原料 
原有 
原本 
原油 
原理 
原点 (原點)
太原 
平原 
草原 
还原 (還原)
高原 

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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.