• 1371st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 9 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shāo (shao1)somewhat • a little

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

稍微 

Medium Frequency

 
稍后 (稍後)
稍稍 
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  • 652nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 67 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
丿丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wēi (Wei1)surname Wei • ancient Chinese state near present day Chongqing • Taiwan pr. [wei2]
2. wēi (wei1)tiny • miniature • profound • abtruse • to decline • one millionth part of • micro- • Taiwan pr. [wei2]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

卑微 
微博 
微博客 
微笑 
微薄 
微风 (微風)
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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.