• 1007th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 165 words
  • Component in 12 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. ròu (rou4)meat • flesh • pulp (of a fruit)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for ròu (rou4)The component is pronounced as 'ròu' (rou4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

烤肉 
牛肉 
羊肉 
肉体 (肉體)
肌肉 
猪肉 (豬肉)
鸡肉 (雞肉)

Uncommon

五花肉 
回锅肉 (回鍋肉)
大鱼大肉 (大魚大肉)
心惊肉跳 (心驚肉跳)
东坡肉 (東坡肉)
果肉 
卤肉 (滷肉)
炖肉 (燉肉)
牛肉干 (牛肉乾)
牛肉面 (牛肉麵)
狗肉 
生肉 
瘦肉 
瘦肉精 
红烧肉 (紅燒肉)
羊肉串 
肉丸 
肉末 
肉桂 
肉汤 (肉湯)
肉片 
肉眼 
肉丝 (肉絲)
肉质 (肉質)
肉身 
肉酱 (肉醬)
肉类 (肉類)
肉食 
肉饼 (肉餅)
肉馅 (肉餡)
肉松 (肉鬆)
肉麻 
肥肉 
血肉 
行尸走肉 (行屍走肉)
赘肉 (贅肉)
食肉 
骨肉 

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  • 945th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 217 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (du2)poison • narcotics • evil

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (du2)The component is pronounced as '' (mu3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

中毒 
排毒 
毒刺 
病毒 

Uncommon

以毒攻毒 
剧毒 (劇毒)
吸毒 
尿毒症 
恶毒 (惡毒)
戒毒 
有毒 
梅毒 
毒品 
毒害 
毒性 
毒打 
毒气 (毒氣)
毒物 
毒瘤 
毒瘾 (毒癮)
毒素 
毒药 (毒藥)
消毒 
无毒 (無毒)
狠毒 
病毒性 
禁毒 
荼毒 
解毒 

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  • 2008th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 61 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gǎn (gan3)stick • pole • lever • classifier for long objects such as guns

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for gǎn (gan3)The component is pronounced as 'hàn' (han4). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for gǎn (gan3)The component is pronounced as 'gān' (gan1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
3. Pronunciation clue for gǎn (gan3)The component is pronounced as 'gàn' (gan4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

铁杆 (鐵桿)
电线杆 (電線桿)

Uncommon

套马杆 (套馬桿)
推杆 (推桿)
挥杆 (揮桿)
摇杆 (搖桿)
杆子 (桿子)
杆秤 (桿秤)
杆菌 (桿菌)
枪杆子 (槍桿子)
杠杆 (槓桿)
笔杆 (筆桿)
肉毒杆菌 (肉毒桿菌)
螺杆 (螺桿)
电杆 (電桿)

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  • 1731st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 119 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jūn (jun1)germ • bacteria
2. jùn (jun4)mold • mushroom

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jūn (jun1)The component is pronounced as 'jūn' (jun1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for jùn (jun4)The component is pronounced as 'jūn' (jun1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

抗菌 
杀菌 (殺菌)
杀菌剂 (殺菌劑)
病菌 
细菌 (細菌)
菌类 (菌類)

Uncommon

乳酸菌 
抗菌素 
杆菌 (桿菌)
球菌 
真菌 
肉毒杆菌 (肉毒桿菌)
致病菌 
菌子 
菌落 
链球菌 (鏈球菌)
霉菌 

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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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