• 1050th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 85 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Ge3)surname Ge
2. gài (gai4)lid • top • cover • canopy • to cover • to conceal • to build

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

掩盖 (掩蓋)
膝盖 (膝蓋)
覆盖 (覆蓋)
锅盖 (鍋蓋)

Uncommon

冰盖 (冰蓋)
劈头盖脸 (劈頭蓋臉)
加盖 (加蓋)
封盖 (封蓋)
后盖 (後蓋)
卷铺盖 (捲鋪蓋)
欲盖弥彰 (欲蓋彌彰)
涵盖 (涵蓋)
翻盖 (翻蓋)
华盖 (華蓋)
盖上 (蓋上)
盖世 (蓋世)
盖子 (蓋子)
盖帽 (蓋帽)
盖浇饭 (蓋澆飯)
盖章 (蓋章)
盖茨 (蓋茨)
盖头 (蓋頭)
盖饭 (蓋飯)
覆盖率 (覆蓋率)
遮盖 (遮蓋)
铺天盖地 (鋪天蓋地)
铺盖 (鋪蓋)

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  • 1933rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 39 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ci2)Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris) • to thatch (a roof)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ci2)The component is pronounced as '' (ci4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for (ci2)The component is pronounced as 'cǎo' (cao3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

盖茨 (蓋茨)

Uncommon

弗罗茨瓦夫 (弗羅茨瓦夫)
波茨坦 
罗伯茨 (羅伯茨)
美因茨 
茨城 
茨菰 
盖茨比 (蓋茨比)
萨尔茨堡 (薩爾茨堡)
阿尔茨海默氏症 (阿爾茨海默氏症)
霍格沃茨 
霍洛维茨 (霍洛維茨)

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  • 199th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 244 words
  • Component in 62 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Bi3)Belgium • Belgian • abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
2. (bi3)(particle used for comparison and "-er than") • to compare • to contrast • to gesture (with hands) • ratio
3. (bi4)to associate with • to be near

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (bi3)The component is pronounced as '' (bi3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (bi3)The component is pronounced as '' (bi4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
3. Pronunciation clue for (bi4)The component is pronounced as '' (bi3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
4. Pronunciation clue for (bi4)The component is pronounced as '' (bi4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

比如 
比赛 (比賽)
比较 (比較)
无比 (無比)
相比 

Uncommon

利比亚 (利比亞)
加勒比 
加勒比海 
反比 
哥伦比亚 (哥倫比亞)
寿比南山 (壽比南山)
好比 
对比 (對比)
性价比 (性價比)
攀比 
正比 
比亚迪 (比亞迪)
比例 
比价 (比價)
比分 
比利 
比利时 (比利時)
比划 (比劃)
比喻 
比基尼 
比对 (比對)
比拟 (比擬)
比方 
比特 
比翼 
比萨 (比薩)
比试 (比試)
比起 
比邻 (比鄰)
比重 
无与伦比 (無與倫比)
芭比 
莎士比亚 (莎士比亞)
评比 (評比)

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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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