• 2165th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 90 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiāo (jiao1)to glue • glue • gum • rubber

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

果胶 (果膠)
橡胶 (橡膠)
胶卷 (膠卷)
胶原 (膠原)
胶囊 (膠囊)
胶带 (膠帶)
胶水 (膠水)
胶片 (膠片)
阿胶 (阿膠)

Uncommon

乳胶 (乳膠)
凝胶 (凝膠)
塑胶 (塑膠)
如胶似漆 (如膠似漆)
胶南 (膠南)
胶合板 (膠合板)
胶州 (膠州)
胶州湾 (膠州灣)
胶布 (膠布)
胶粘 (膠粘)
胶着 (膠著)
胶质 (膠質)
开胶 (開膠)
发胶 (髮膠)

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  • 193rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.11% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 250 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yuán (yuan2)former • original • primary • raw • level • cause • source

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

原来 (原來)
原因 
原文 
原谅 (原諒)

Uncommon

中原 
原位 
原先 
原则 (原則)
原创 (原創)
原地 
原型 
原始 
原料 
原有 
原本 
原油 
原理 
原点 (原點)
太原 
平原 
草原 
还原 (還原)
高原 

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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.