• 751st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 88 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dòu (dou4)comma • phrase marked by pause
2. (du2)to read • to study • reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

读书 (讀書)
阅读 (閱讀)

Uncommon

宣读 (宣讀)
导读 (導讀)
就读 (就讀)
复读 (復讀)
朗读 (朗讀)
研读 (研讀)
精读 (精讀)
解读 (解讀)
读卡器 (讀卡器)
读报 (讀報)
读后感 (讀後感)
读懂 (讀懂)
读书人 (讀書人)
读书会 (讀書會)
读本 (讀本)
读物 (讀物)
读者 (讀者)
读音 (讀音)
重读 (重讀)
阅读器 (閱讀器)

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  • 716th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 234 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ka3)to stop • to block • card • CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4] • calorie
2. qiǎ (qia3)to block • to be stuck • to be wedged • customs station • a clip • a fastener • a checkpost • Taiwan pron. [ka3]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

信用卡 
充值卡 
卡通 
打卡 
摩卡 
贺卡 (賀卡)

Uncommon

借记卡 (借記卡)
刷卡 
卡丁车 (卡丁車)
卡住 
卡哇伊 
卡塔尔 (卡塔爾)
卡布奇诺 (卡布奇諾)
卡带 (卡帶)
卡扎菲 
卡拉 
卡尔 (卡爾)
卡片 
卡特 
卡西欧 (卡西歐)
卡路里 
卡车 (卡車)
卡农 (卡農)
卡门 (卡門)
大卡 
奥斯卡 (奧斯卡)
斯里兰卡 (斯里蘭卡)
发卡 (發卡)
绿卡 (綠卡)
网卡 (網卡)
莱卡 (萊卡)
读卡器 (讀卡器)
银行卡 (銀行卡)
关卡 (關卡)
电话卡 (電話卡)
显卡 (顯卡)

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  • 441st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 385 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (qi4)device • tool • utensil • CL:臺|台[tai2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (qi4)The component is pronounced as 'quǎn' (quan3). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for (qi4)The component is pronounced as '' (ji2). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

兵器 
利器 
机器 (機器)
机器人 (機器人)
武器 

Uncommon

便器 
传感器 (傳感器)
仪器 (儀器)
充电器 (充電器)
凶器 (兇器)
加湿器 (加濕器)
加速器 
吸尘器 (吸塵器)
器具 
器官 
器材 
器械 
器皿 
器重 
报警器 (報警器)
容器 
性器官 
感应器 (感應器)
探测器 (探測器)
扬声器 (揚聲器)
散热器 (散熱器)
暗器 
服务器 (服務器)
核武器 
乐器 (樂器)
净水器 (淨水器)
灭火器 (滅火器)
浏览器 (瀏覽器)
热水器 (熱水器)
玉器 
瓷器 
生殖器 
石器 
听诊器 (聽診器)
脏器 (臟器)
处理器 (處理器)
计算器 (計算器)
警报器 (警報器)
读卡器 (讀卡器)
变压器 (變壓器)
路由器 
过滤器 (過濾器)
遥控器 (遙控器)
阅读器 (閱讀器)
离合器 (離合器)
电器 (電器)
显示器 (顯示器)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.