• 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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  • Very uncommon character
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 31 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhù (zhu4)to make known • to show • to prove • to write • book • outstanding

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhù (zhu4)The component is pronounced as 'zhě' (zhe3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

著名 

Uncommon

原著 
名著 
土著 
著作 
著称 (著稱)
显著 (顯著)

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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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