• 514th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 247 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jié (jie2)festival • holiday • node • joint • section • segment • part • to economize • to save • to abridge • moral integrity • classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

情人节 (情人節)
春节 (春節)
节日 (節日)
节目 (節目)

Uncommon

佳节 (佳節)
元宵节 (元宵節)
光棍节 (光棍節)
季节 (季節)
情节 (情節)
时节 (時節)
环节 (環節)
章节 (章節)
节俭 (節儉)
节制 (節制)
节奏 (節奏)
节操 (節操)
节气 (節氣)
节省 (節省)
节节 (節節)
节约 (節約)
节能 (節能)
节食 (節食)
细节 (細節)
圣诞节 (聖誕節)
调节 (調節)
逢年过节 (逢年過節)
过节 (過節)
关节 (關節)
电影节 (電影節)

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  • 1171st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 72 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. cāo (cao1)to grasp • to hold • to operate • to manage • to control • to steer • to exercise • to drill (practice) • to play • to speak (a language)
2. cào (cao4)variant of 肏[cao4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for cāo (cao1)The component is pronounced as 'sào' (sao4). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for cào (cao4)The component is pronounced as 'sào' (sao4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

操作 
操蛋 
曹操 

Uncommon

保健操 
情操 
操作者 
操劳 (操勞)
操场 (操場)
操守 
操心 
操控 
操纵 (操縱)
节操 (節操)
体操 (體操)

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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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