• 3428th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 12 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
𠂉

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yíng (ying2)firefly • glow-worm

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

萤火 (螢火)
萤火虫 (螢火蟲)

Uncommon

流萤 (流螢)
萤幕 (螢幕)

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  • 433rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 311 words
  • Component in 226 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph availableNo glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huǒ (Huo3)surname Huo
2. huǒ (huo3)fire • urgent • ammunition • fiery or flaming • internal heat (Chinese medicine) • hot (popular) • classifier for military units (old)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for huǒ (huo3)The component is pronounced as 'huǒ' (huo3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

上火 
火星 
火热 (火熱)
火爆 
火线 (火線)
火车 (火車)
火车票 (火車票)
火车站 (火車站)
火锅 (火鍋)
烈火 
烟火 (煙火)

Uncommon

去火 
大火 
失火 
如火如荼 
怒火 
恼火 (惱火)
惹火 
战火 (戰火)
打火机 (打火機)
放火 
文火 
柴火 
清火 
灭火 (滅火)
灭火器 (滅火器)
火候 
火光 
火力 
火大 
火山 
火影忍者 
火星人 
火柴 
火气 (火氣)
火灾 (火災)
火炬 
火炮 
火焰 
火焰山 
火烧 (火燒)
火炉 (火爐)
火神 
火箭 
火红 (火紅)
火腿 
火花 
火苗 
火药 (火藥)
火警 
火辣 
火辣辣 
火速 
火鸡 (火雞)
火龙 (火龍)
火龙果 (火龍果)
烤火 
焰火 
熄火 
灯火 (燈火)
灯火通明 (燈火通明)
烧火 (燒火)
烛火 (燭火)
生火 
发火 (發火)
篝火 
红火 (紅火)
肝火 
花火 
着火 (著火)
萤火 (螢火)
萤火虫 (螢火蟲)
观火 (觀火)
走火 
起火 
过火 (過火)
开火 (開火)
防火 
降火 
风风火火 (風風火火)
香火 
点火 (點火)

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  • 1285th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 134 words
  • Component in 299 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical
𠂉

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chóng (chong2)worm or insect • generic term for animals • CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for chóng (chong2)The component is pronounced as 'zhōng' (zhong1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for chóng (chong2)The component is pronounced as 'zhòng' (zhong4). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for chóng (chong2)The component is pronounced as 'chóng' (chong2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

懒虫 (懶蟲)
昆虫 (昆蟲)
毛毛虫 (毛毛蟲)
蚊虫 (蚊蟲)
蛔虫 (蛔蟲)
萤火虫 (螢火蟲)
虫子 (蟲子)
虫草 (蟲草)

Uncommon

冬虫夏草 (冬蟲夏草)
可怜虫 (可憐蟲)
害虫 (害蟲)
幼虫 (幼蟲)
书虫 (書蟲)
杀虫剂 (殺蟲劑)
毛虫 (毛蟲)
沙虫 (沙蟲)
爬虫 (爬蟲)
瓢虫 (瓢蟲)
甲壳虫 (甲殼蟲)
精虫 (精蟲)
网虫 (網蟲)
蛀虫 (蛀蟲)
蛆虫 (蛆蟲)
蝗虫 (蝗蟲)
螨虫 (蟎蟲)
虫洞 (蟲洞)
虫牙 (蟲牙)
虫蛀 (蟲蛀)
蠕虫 (蠕蟲)
雕虫小技 (雕蟲小技)
飞虫 (飛蟲)

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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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