• 495th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 95 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. kǎo (kao3)to check • to verify • to test • to examine • to take an exam • to take an entrance exam for • deceased father

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for kǎo (kao3)The component is pronounced as 'kǎo' (kao3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

思考 
考完 
考虑 (考慮)
考试 (考試)

Uncommon

参考 (參考)
监考 (監考)
考上 
考卷 
考古 
考场 (考場)
考官 
考察 
考生 
考研 
考核 (考覈)
考证 (考證)
考验 (考驗)
联考 (聯考)
补考 (補考)
高考 

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  • 509th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 267 words
  • Component in 28 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Gu3)surname Gu
2. (gu3)ancient • old • paleo-

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

古代 
古城 
古老 
复古 (復古)

Uncommon

上古 
亘古 (亙古)
仿古 
内蒙古 (內蒙古)
千古 
古人 
古今 
古来 (古來)
古典 
古刹 (古剎)
古堡 
古宅 
古巴 
古怪 
古惑仔 
古文 
古时 (古時)
古时候 (古時候)
古板 
古朴 (古樸)
古玩 
古琴 
古田 
古筝 (古箏)
古色古香 
古董 
古装剧 (古裝劇)
古诗 (古詩)
古语 (古語)
古迹 (古跡)
古道 
古都 
古风 (古風)
古龙 (古龍)
名古屋 
尼古丁 
朱古力 
盘古 (盤古)
考古 
考古学家 (考古學家)
自古 
自古以来 (自古以來)
茶马古道 (茶馬古道)
蒙古 
蒙古包 
蒙古族 
远古 (遠古)

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  • 66th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.24% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 876 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xué (xue2)to learn • to study • science • -ology

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

上学 (上學)
中学 (中學)
化学 (化學)
同学 (同學)
大学 (大學)
大学生 (大學生)
学妹 (學妹)
学会 (學會)
学期 (學期)
学校 (學校)
学生 (學生)
学习 (學習)
学院 (學院)
小学 (小學)
数学 (數學)
科学 (科學)
开学 (開學)

Uncommon

中学生 (中學生)
佛学 (佛學)
光学 (光學)
入学 (入學)
初学者 (初學者)
力学 (力學)
博学 (博學)
哲学 (哲學)
哲学家 (哲學家)
商学院 (商學院)
国学 (國學)
好学 (好學)
学位 (學位)
学分 (學分)
学名 (學名)
学员 (學員)
学问 (學問)
学园 (學園)
学堂 (學堂)
学坏 (學壞)
学好 (學好)
学姐 (學姐)
学子 (學子)
学年 (學年)
学弟 (學弟)
学徒 (學徒)
学时 (學時)
学业 (學業)
学业有成 (學業有成)
学历 (學歷)
学生会 (學生會)
学生证 (學生證)
学科 (學科)
学者 (學者)
学术 (學術)
学说 (學說)
学识 (學識)
学费 (學費)
学长 (學長)
小学生 (小學生)
张学友 (張學友)
心理学 (心理學)
心理学家 (心理學家)
放学 (放學)
放学后 (放學後)
教学 (教學)
教学楼 (教學樓)
散学 (散學)
文学 (文學)
求学 (求學)
法学 (法學)
奖学金 (獎學金)
留学 (留學)
留学生 (留學生)
社会学 (社會學)
科学家 (科學家)
科学院 (科學院)
管理学 (管理學)
统计学 (統計學)
经济学 (經濟學)
经济学家 (經濟學家)
美学 (美學)
自学 (自學)
转学 (轉學)
退学 (退學)
医学 (醫學)
医学院 (醫學院)

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  • 56th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.26% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 583 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiā (Jia1)surname Jia
2. jiā (jia1)home • family • classifier for families or businesses • refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China • noun suffix for specialists in some activity such as musician or revolutionary, corresponds to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

回家 
大家 
玩家 

Uncommon

人家 
作家 
冤家 
到家 
合家 
咱家 
商家 
回老家 
国家 (國家)
墨家 
娘家 
宜家 
家人 
家伙 
家具 
家务 (家務)
家园 (家園)
家子 
家居 
家属 (家屬)
家常 
家庭 
家族 
家用 
家里 (家裡)
家乡 (家鄉)
家长 (家長)
家门 (家門)
专家 (專家)
居家 
想家 
搬家 
独家 (獨家)
皇家 
石家庄 (石家莊)
科学家 (科學家)
老人家 
老家 
自家 
艺术家 (藝術家)
评论家 (評論家)
买家 (買家)
邻家 (鄰家)
阖家 (闔家)

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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.