• 590th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 141 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (su1)see 囉囌|啰苏[luo1 su1]
2. (su1)variant of 蘇|苏[su1] • to revive
3. (Su1)surname Su • abbr. for Soviet Union 蘇維埃|苏维埃 or 蘇聯|苏联 • abbr. for Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏 • abbr. for Suzhou city 蘇州|苏州
4. (su1)Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil) • place name • to revive • used as phonetic in transliteration

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

江苏 (江蘇)
苏醒 (甦醒)
苏州 (蘇州)
苏格兰 (蘇格蘭)

Uncommon

复苏 (復甦)
提拉米苏 (提拉米蘇)
江苏省 (江蘇省)
流苏 (流蘇)
乌苏 (烏蘇)
紫苏 (紫蘇)
苏丹 (蘇丹)
苏州市 (蘇州市)
苏州河 (蘇州河)
苏州话 (蘇州話)
苏打 (蘇打)
苏打水 (蘇打水)
苏打粉 (蘇打粉)
苏杭 (蘇杭)
苏东坡 (蘇東坡)
苏格拉底 (蘇格拉底)
苏武 (蘇武)
苏珊 (蘇珊)
苏联 (蘇聯)
苏菲 (蘇菲)
苏轼 (蘇軾)
苏门答腊岛 (蘇門答臘島)
苏黎世 (蘇黎世)
阿克苏 (阿克蘇)

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  • 223rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 356 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (da2)dozen
2. (da3)to beat • to strike • to hit • to break • to type • to mix up • to build • to fight • to fetch • to make • to tie up • to issue • to shoot • to calculate • to play (a game) • since • from

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (da2)The component is pronounced as 'dīng' (ding1). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for (da3)The component is pronounced as 'dīng' (ding1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

打工 
打扮 
打扫 (打掃)
打击 (打擊)
打扰 (打擾)
打架 
打死 
打牌 
打算 
打造 
打开 (打開)

Uncommon

一网打尽 (一網打盡)
打下 
打交道 
打仗 
打来 (打來)
打倒 
打分 
打劫 
打动 (打動)
打包 
打卡 
打印 
打印机 (打印機)
打呼 
打呼噜 (打呼嚕)
打嗝 
打喷嚏 (打噴嚏)
打字 
打底 
打折 
打招呼 
打拼 
打擂台 (打擂臺)
打搅 (打攪)
打败 (打敗)
打断 (打斷)
打气 (打氣)
打法 
打消 
打滚 (打滾)
打火机 (打火機)
打烊 
打爆 
打猎 (打獵)
打球 
打理 
打发 (打發)
打盹 
打瞌睡 
打破 
打碎 
打磨 
打结 (打結)
打翻 
打听 (打聽)
打赌 (打賭)
打车 (打車)
打转 (打轉)
打通 
打进 (打進)
打量 
打针 (打針)
打错 (打錯)
打雷 
打响 (打響)
打斗 (打鬥)
打点 (打點)
打鼓 
打鼾 
拍打 
摸爬滚打 (摸爬滾打)
拨打 (撥打)
敲打 
殴打 (毆打)
无精打采 (無精打采)
精打细算 (精打細算)
开打 (開打)

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  • 202nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 750 words
  • Component in 516 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shuǐ (Shui3)surname Shui
2. shuǐ (shui3)water • river • liquid • beverage • additional charges or income • (of clothes) classifier for number of washes

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shuǐ (shui3)The component is pronounced as 'shuǐ' (shui3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:
尿沿湿鸿簿涿髿绿絿祿

Example Words

Common

口水 
水分 
水平 
水晶 
水果 
水浒 (水滸)
水浒传 (水滸傳)
水瓶座 
水饺 (水餃)
汗水 
泪水 (淚水)
清水 
热水 (熱水)
开水 (開水)
香水 

Uncommon

一头雾水 (一頭霧水)
下水 
下水道 
冰水 
冷水 
出水 
分水岭 (分水嶺)
墨水 
大力水手 
大水 
天水 
奶水 
山水 
山穷水尽 (山窮水盡)
心如止水 
拖泥带水 (拖泥帶水)
排水 
放水 
柠檬水 (檸檬水)
水上 
水下 
水仙 
水仙花 
水利 
水印 
水土 
水土不服 
水城 
水域 
水墨 
水壶 (水壺)
水库 (水庫)
水彩 
水手 
水族馆 (水族館)
水星 
水晶球 
水桶 
水母 
水池 
水汽 
水泡 
水泥 
水泄不通 (水洩不通)
水流 
水深 
水源 
水准 (水準)
水沟 (水溝)
水温 (水溫)
水滴 
水珠 
水产 (水產)
水痘 
水疗 (水療)
水管 
水系 
水肿 (水腫)
水花 
水草 
水蜜桃 
水货 (水貨)
水质 (水質)
水路 
水军 (水軍)
水边 (水邊)
水里 
水量 
水电 (水電)
水灵 (水靈)
水灵灵 (水靈靈)
水面 
水龙头 (水龍頭)
江水 
污水 
汽水 
河水 
沸水 
泉水 
泡水 
注水 
洗发水 (洗髮水)
洪水 
流水 
流水账 (流水賬)
海水 
凉水 (涼水)
淡水 
淡水湖 
净水器 (淨水器)
浅水 (淺水)
溺水 
滴水 
滚水 (滾水)
漏水 
潜水 (潛水)
潜水艇 (潛水艇)
潮水 
浇水 (澆水)
灌水 
热水器 (熱水器)
热水澡 (熱水澡)
热水袋 (熱水袋)
烧水 (燒水)
白水 
白开水 (白開水)
眼药水 (眼藥水)
矿泉水 (礦泉水)
秀水 
秋水 
糖水 
细水长流 (細水長流)
绿水 (綠水)
缩水 (縮水)
羊水 
背水一战 (背水一戰)
脱水 (脫水)
胶水 (膠水)
自来水 (自來水)
苦水 
万水千山 (萬水千山)
落水 
落花流水 
薪水 
药水 (藥水)
血水 
行云流水 (行雲流水)
衡水 
覆水难收 (覆水難收)
跳水 
车水马龙 (車水馬龍)
进水 (進水)
酒水 
防水 
降水 
陈水扁 (陳水扁)
雨水 
露水 
顺水 (順水)
风水 (風水)
风水轮流转 (風水輪流轉)
饮水 (飲水)
饮水机 (飲水機)
饮用水 (飲用水)
卤水 (鹵水)
盐水 (鹽水)
丽水 (麗水)
鼻水 

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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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