• 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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  • 185th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.11% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 415 words
  • Component in 144 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. mén (Men2)surname Men
2. mén (men2)gate • door • CL:扇[shan4] • gateway • doorway • CL:個|个[ge4] • opening • valve • switch • way to do something • knack • family • house • (religious) sect • school (of thought) • class • category • phylum or division (taxonomy) • classifier for large guns • classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for mén (men2)The component is pronounced as 'mén' (men2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

出门 (出門)
嗓门 (嗓門)
大门 (大門)
家门 (家門)
专门 (專門)
厦门 (廈門)
敲门 (敲門)
澳门 (澳門)
热门 (熱門)
临门 (臨門)
部门 (部門)
门口 (門口)
开门 (開門)
开门红 (開門紅)
关门 (關門)
龙门 (龍門)

Uncommon

上门 (上門)
串门 (串門)
也门 (也門)
五花八门 (五花八門)
入门 (入門)
冷门 (冷門)
凯旋门 (凱旋門)
前门 (前門)
北门 (北門)
卡门 (卡門)
名门 (名門)
城门 (城門)
天安门 (天安門)
天门 (天門)
对门 (對門)
厦门市 (廈門市)
后门 (後門)
快门 (快門)
房门 (房門)
把门 (把門)
东直门 (東直門)
江门 (江門)
油门 (油門)
海门 (海門)
满门 (滿門)
球门 (球門)
登门 (登門)
石门 (石門)
破门 (破門)
窍门 (竅門)
肛门 (肛門)
脑门 (腦門)
荆门 (荊門)
虎门 (虎門)
西直门 (西直門)
西门 (西門)
西门子 (西門子)
豪门 (豪門)
车门 (車門)
进门 (進門)
过门 (過門)
远门 (遠門)
金门 (金門)
锁门 (鎖門)
门前 (門前)
门外 (門外)
门子 (門子)
门将 (門將)
门店 (門店)
门徒 (門徒)
门户 (門戶)
门框 (門框)
门槛 (門檻)
门派 (門派)
门牙 (門牙)
门神 (門神)
门票 (門票)
门卫 (門衛)
门诊 (門診)
门铃 (門鈴)
门锁 (門鎖)
门面 (門面)
闭门 (閉門)
阿门 (阿門)
鸿门宴 (鴻門宴)

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  • 559th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 46 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (da1)to answer • to agree
2. (da2)reply • answer • return • respond • echo

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

回答 
答案 

Uncommon

问答 (問答)
报答 (報答)
滴答 
答复 (答復)
答应 (答應)
解答 

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  • 1495th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 21 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (xi1)dried meat • also pr. [xi2]
2. (la4)December • preserved (meat)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (xi1)The component is pronounced as '' (xi1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (xi1)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for (xi1)The component is pronounced as '' (ri4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

希腊 (希臘)
腊月 (臘月)

Uncommon

腊八粥 (臘八粥)
腊梅 (臘梅)
腊肠 (臘腸)

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  • 796th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 235 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dǎo (dao3)island • CL:個|个[ge4],座[zuo4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dǎo (dao3)The component is pronounced as 'diǎn' (dian3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

冰岛 (冰島)
列岛 (列島)
半岛 (半島)
孤岛 (孤島)
岛屿 (島嶼)
巴厘岛 (巴厘島)
海岛 (海島)
环岛 (環島)
秦皇岛 (秦皇島)
群岛 (群島)
钓鱼岛 (釣魚島)
青岛 (青島)
青岛市 (青島市)

Uncommon

仙岛 (仙島)
北岛 (北島)
千岛湖 (千島湖)
南岛 (南島)
南沙群岛 (南沙群島)
南澳岛 (南澳島)
吉之岛 (吉之島)
岛国 (島國)
崇明岛 (崇明島)
巴里岛 (巴里島)
广岛 (廣島)
星岛 (星島)
本岛 (本島)
海南岛 (海南島)
港岛 (港島)
湄洲岛 (湄洲島)
济州岛 (濟州島)
爪哇岛 (爪哇島)
福岛 (福島)
秦皇岛市 (秦皇島市)
绿岛 (綠島)
胰岛素 (胰島素)
台湾岛 (臺灣島)
荒岛 (荒島)
葫芦岛 (葫蘆島)
苏门答腊岛 (蘇門答臘島)
蜈支洲岛 (蜈支洲島)
西沙群岛 (西沙群島)
西西里岛 (西西里島)
金门岛 (金門島)
长岛 (長島)
关岛 (關島)
离岛 (離島)
马达加斯加岛 (馬達加斯加島)
黄岛 (黃島)

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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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