• 1753rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 14 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yuán (Yuan2)surname Yuan
2. yuán (yuan2)long robe (old)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

袁绍 (袁紹)

Uncommon

袁世凯 (袁世凱)
袁宏道 
袁咏仪 (袁詠儀)

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  • 1232nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 17 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shào (Shao4)surname Shao
2. shào (shao4)to continue • to carry on

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shào (shao4)The component is pronounced as 'zhào' (zhao4). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for shào (shao4)The component is pronounced as 'dāo' (dao1). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

介绍 (介紹)

Uncommon

绍兴 (紹興)
袁绍 (袁紹)

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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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