• 1289th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 73 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. ài (Ai4)surname Ai
2. ài (ai4)Chinese mugwort or wormwood • to stop or cut short • phonetic "ai" or "i" • abbr. for 艾滋病[ai4 zi1 bing4], AIDS
3. (yi4)to mow • to cut • to reap • to redress

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for ài (ai4)The component is pronounced as '' (yi4). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (yi4)The component is pronounced as '' (yi4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

自怨自艾 
艾滋 
艾滋病 

Uncommon

布宜诺斯艾利斯 (布宜諾斯艾利斯)
方兴未艾 (方興未艾)
艾哈迈迪内贾德 (艾哈邁迪內賈德)
艾未未 
艾条 (艾條)
艾森豪威尔 (艾森豪威爾)
艾灸 
艾美奖 (艾美獎)
艾草 
艾叶 (艾葉)
艾迪 
艾青 
苦艾 
苦艾酒 
防艾 

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  • 214th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 172 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tiáo (tiao2)strip • item • article • clause (of law or treaty) • classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for tiáo (tiao2)The component is pronounced as 'xiǎo' (xiao3). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

条件 (條件)
条纹 (條紋)
油条 (油條)
发条 (發條)
纸条 (紙條)
线条 (線條)
苗条 (苗條)
薯条 (薯條)
面条 (麵條)

Uncommon

井井有条 (井井有條)
信条 (信條)
假条 (假條)
半条命 (半條命)
字条 (字條)
封条 (封條)
慢条斯理 (慢條斯理)
凭条 (憑條)
教条 (教條)
有条不紊 (有條不紊)
枝条 (枝條)
条例 (條例)
条子 (條子)
条幅 (條幅)
条形码 (條形碼)
条款 (條款)
条理 (條理)
条码 (條碼)
条约 (條約)
白条 (白條)
粉条 (粉條)
萧条 (蕭條)
词条 (詞條)
链条 (鏈條)
长条 (長條)
雪条 (雪條)
头条 (頭條)

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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.