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

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

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 'chóng' (chong2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

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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  • 1013th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 76 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dòng (dong4)cave • hole • zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dòng (dong4)The component is pronounced as 'tóng' (tong2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for dòng (dong4)The component is pronounced as 'tòng' (tong4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

洞察 
漏洞 
空洞 
耳洞 

Uncommon

地洞 
山洞 
洞口 
洞天 
洞察力 
洞庭湖 
洞悉 
洞房 
洞房花烛夜 (洞房花燭夜)
洞穴 
溶洞 
漏洞百出 
破洞 
闹洞房 (鬧洞房)
黑洞 
龙洞 (龍洞)

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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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