• 346th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 77 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

High Frequency

微笑 
 

Medium Frequency

偷笑 
傻笑 
可笑 
嘲笑 
好笑 
搞笑 
欢笑 (歡笑)
爆笑 
玩笑 
笑容 
笑声 (笑聲)
笑脸 (笑臉)
笑话 (笑話)
开玩笑 (開玩笑)
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  • 170th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.12% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 118 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

High Frequency

大话骰 (大話骰)
的话 (的話)
 ()
说话 (說話)
电话 (電話)

Medium Frequency

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)
笑话 (笑話)
听话 (聽話)
话剧 (話劇)
话语 (話語)
话费 (話費)
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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