• 1895th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 20 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
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3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiāo (Xiao1)surname Xiao
2. xiāo (xiao1)miserable • desolate • dreary • Chinese mugwort

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for xiāo (xiao1)The component is pronounced as 'xiǎo' (xiao3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

萧山 (蕭山)
萧条 (蕭條)
萧瑟 (蕭瑟)

Uncommon

萧伯纳 (蕭伯納)
萧山区 (蕭山區)
萧索 (蕭索)
萧县 (蕭縣)
萧邦 (蕭邦)

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  • 1361st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 69 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bāng (bang1)a state • country or nation

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

乌托邦 (烏托邦)
联邦 (聯邦)
肖邦 

Uncommon

刘邦 (劉邦)
友邦 
城邦 
安邦 
杜邦 
硬邦邦 
胡耀邦 
萧邦 (蕭邦)
邦德 
邦迪 

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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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