• 346th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 106 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiào (xiao4)laugh • smile • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

微笑 
搞笑 
笑容 
笑话 (笑話)

Uncommon

偷笑 
傻笑 
冷笑 
可笑 
哈哈大笑 
嘲笑 
大笑 
好笑 
欢笑 (歡笑)
爆笑 
玩笑 
笑声 (笑聲)
笑脸 (笑臉)
笑谈 (笑談)
开玩笑 (開玩笑)

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  • 170th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 214 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huà (hua4)dialect • language • spoken words • speech • talk • words • conversation • what sb said • CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

大话骰 (大話骰)
的话 (的話)
笑话 (笑話)
话费 (話費)
说话 (說話)
电话 (電話)

Uncommon

俗话 (俗話)
假话 (假話)
坏话 (壞話)
梦话 (夢話)
好话 (好話)
实话 (實話)
对话 (對話)
废话 (廢話)
心里话 (心裡話)
情话 (情話)
普通话 (普通話)
无话可说 (無話可說)
神话 (神話)
童话 (童話)
听话 (聽話)
话剧 (話劇)
话筒 (話筒)
话语 (話語)
话题 (話題)
谈话 (談話)
谎话 (謊話)
讲话 (講話)
通话 (通話)
电话卡 (電話卡)
脏话 (髒話)

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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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