• 2101st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 26 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chòu (chou4)stench • stink • smelly • to smell (bad)
2. xiù (xiu4)sense of smell • smell bad

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

口臭 
臭味 
臭味相投 
臭屁 
臭美 
臭豆腐 
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  • 1860th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 34 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yǎng (yang3)oxygen (chemistry)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yǎng (yang3)The component is pronounced as 'yáng' (yang2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

High Frequency

二氧化碳 
氧化 
氧气 (氧氣)
缺氧 

Medium Frequency

一氧化氮 
一氧化碳 
二氧化硅 
二氧化硫 
吸氧 
抗氧化剂 (抗氧化劑)
氧化物 
氧化钙 (氧化鈣)
无氧 (無氧)
环氧树脂 (環氧樹脂)
臭氧 
臭氧层 (臭氧層)
双氧水 (雙氧水)
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  • 698th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 50 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. céng (ceng2)layer • stratum • laminated • floor (of a building) • storey • classifier for layers • repeated • sheaf (math.)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

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层次 (層次)

Medium Frequency

上层 (上層)
下层 (下層)
中层 (中層)
内层 (內層)
分层 (分層)
单层 (單層)
基层 (基層)
外层 (外層)
大气层 (大氣層)
夹层 (夾層)
层出不穷 (層出不窮)
层层 (層層)
层楼 (層樓)
层叠 (層疊)
层级 (層級)
层面 (層面)
岩层 (岩層)
底层 (底層)
断层 (斷層)
更上一层楼 (更上一層樓)
楼层 (樓層)
深层 (深層)
皮层 (皮層)
表层 (表層)
阶层 (階層)
双层 (雙層)
云层 (雲層)
顶层 (頂層)
领导层 (領導層)
高层 (高層)
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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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