• 2880th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 12 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gǒu (Gou3)surname Gou
2. gǒu (gou3)if • supposing • careless • negligent • temporarily

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for gǒu (gou3)The component is pronounced as 'gōu' (gou1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for gǒu (gou3)The component is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

苟且 

Uncommon

一丝不苟 (一絲不苟)
苟同 
苟延残喘 (苟延殘喘)

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  • 69th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.23% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 296 words
  • Component in 20 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tóng (tong2)like • same • similar • together • alike • with
2. tòng (tong4)see 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

不同 
共同 
同事 
同学 (同學)
同时 (同時)
同样 (同樣)

Uncommon

一同 
不约而同 (不約而同)
共同点 (共同點)
合同 
同人 
同仁 
同伴 
同在 
同居 
同志 
同性 
同性恋 (同性戀)
同情 
同意 
同感 
同桌 
同步 
同班 
同盟 
同胞 
同行 
同路 
同道 
同龄 (同齡)
同龄人 (同齡人)
大同 
如同 
志同道合 
感同身受 
相同 
胡同 
与众不同 (與眾不同)
认同 (認同)
赞同 (讚同)
陪同 
雷同 
党同伐异 (黨同伐異)

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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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