• 787th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 97 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. cǎo (cao3)grass • straw • manuscript • draft (of a document) • careless • rough • CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
2. cào (cao4)variant of 肏[cao4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for cǎo (cao3)The component is pronounced as 'zǎo' (zao3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for cǎo (cao3)The component is pronounced as 'cǎo' (cao3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
3. Pronunciation clue for cào (cao4)The component is pronounced as 'zǎo' (zao3). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for cào (cao4)The component is pronounced as 'cǎo' (cao3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 
草根 
草莓 

Medium Frequency

三叶草 (三葉草)
仙草 
拈花惹草 
本草 
校草 
烟草 (煙草)
甘草 
皮草 
稻草 
稻草人 
粮草 (糧草)
花草 
草包 
草原 
草丛 (草叢)
草地 
草坪 
草帽 
草木 
草本 
草泥马 (草泥馬)
草率 
草稿 
草草 
薰衣草 
虫草 (蟲草)
野草 
杂草 (雜草)
青草 
香草 
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  • 625th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 58 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (lu:4)rate • frequency
2. shuài (shuai4)to lead • to command • rash • hasty • frank • straightforward • generally • usually

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shuài (shuai4)The component is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

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Example Words

High Frequency

利率 
效率 
概率 
频率 (頻率)

Medium Frequency

分辨率 
利润率 (利潤率)
功率 
汇率 (匯率)
占有率 
命中率 
坦率 
增长率 (增長率)
失业率 (失業率)
市盈率 
几率 (幾率)
得票率 
心率 
支持率 
收益率 
收视率 (收視率)
机率 (機率)
死亡率 
比率 
 
率先 
率直 
率真 
率领 (率領)
发病率 (發病率)
直率 
草率 
轻率 (輕率)
速率 
点击率 (點擊率)
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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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