• 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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  • 720th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 421 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhōu (zhou1)prefecture • state (e.g. of US) • province (old) • administrative division (old)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhōu (zhou1)The component is pronounced as 'zhōu' (zhou1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

广州 (廣州)
广州市 (廣州市)
德州 
杭州 
温州 (溫州)
福州 
苏州 (蘇州)
郑州 (鄭州)

Uncommon

九州 
亳州 
冀州 
加州 
化州 
台州 
台州市 
宿州 
常州 
常州市 
徐州 
惠州 
惠州市 
扬州 (揚州)
抚州 (撫州)
杭州市 
杭州湾 (杭州灣)
柳州 
梅州 
梧州 
钦州 (欽州)
永州 
泉州 
泰州 
湖州 
温州市 (溫州市)
滁州 
沧州 (滄州)
漳州 
潮州 
济州岛 (濟州島)
滨州 (濱州)
泸州 (瀘州)
神州 
福州市 
自治州 
荆州 (荊州)
苏州市 (蘇州市)
兰州 (蘭州)
衢州 
贵州 (貴州)
贺州 (賀州)
赣州 (贛州)
通州 
达州 (達州)
郴州 
郑州市 (鄭州市)
锦州 (錦州)
雷州 
高州 

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  • 853rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 68 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wān (wan1)bay • gulf

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for wān (wan1)The component is pronounced as 'wān' (wan1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for wān (wan1)The component is pronounced as 'yán' (yan2). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

台湾 (台灣)

Uncommon

亚龙湾 (亞龍灣)
杭州湾 (杭州灣)
沙湾 (沙灣)
波斯湾 (波斯灣)
海湾 (海灣)
港湾 (港灣)
湾仔 (灣仔)
荔湾 (荔灣)
荔湾区 (荔灣區)
铜锣湾 (銅鑼灣)
龙湾 (龍灣)

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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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