• 1929th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 19 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. liáo (liao2)to chat • to depend upon (literary) • temporarily • just • slightly

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

无聊 (無聊)

Uncommon

聊天 

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  • 1363rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 45 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lài (Lai4)surname Lai
2. lài (lai4)to depend on • to hang on in a place • bad • to renege (on promise) • to disclaim • to rat (on debts) • rascally • to blame • to put the blame on

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

依赖 (依賴)
信赖 (信賴)
赖床 (賴床)

Uncommon

死皮赖脸 (死皮賴臉)
无赖 (無賴)
百无聊赖 (百無聊賴)
耍赖 (耍賴)
聊赖 (聊賴)
赖皮 (賴皮)

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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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