• 400th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 210 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. diào (diao4)to transfer • to move (troops or cadres) • to investigate • to enquire into • accent • view • argument • key (in music) • mode (music) • tune • tone • melody
2. tiáo (tiao2)to harmonize • to reconcile • to blend • to suit well • to season (food) • to provoke • to incite

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for tiáo (tiao2)The component is pronounced as 'tián' (tian2). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

低调 (低調)
强调 (強調)
情调 (情調)
空调 (空調)
蓝调 (藍調)
调味 (調味)
调戏 (調戲)
调整 (調整)
调料 (調料)
调查 (調查)
调皮 (調皮)
调节 (調節)
高调 (高調)

Uncommon

上调 (上調)
下调 (下調)
协调 (協調)
唱反调 (唱反調)
单调 (單調)
基调 (基調)
失调 (失調)
小调 (小調)
搭调 (搭調)
曲调 (曲調)
格调 (格調)
步调 (步調)
烹调 (烹調)
声调 (聲調)
腔调 (腔調)
色调 (色調)
语调 (語調)
调侃 (調侃)
调入 (調入)
调制 (調制)
调剂 (調劑)
调动 (調動)
调匀 (調勻)
调味品 (調味品)
调味料 (調味料)
调和 (調和)
调子 (調子)
调度 (調度)
调情 (調情)
调控 (調控)
调换 (調換)
调教 (調教)
调理 (調理)
调研 (調研)
调色 (調色)
调解 (調解)
调试 (調試)
调配 (調配)
调头 (調頭)
调频 (調頻)
调养 (調養)
跑调 (跑調)
音调 (音調)
风调雨顺 (風調雨順)

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  • 740th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 237 words
  • Component in 31 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Pi2)surname Pi
2. (pi2)leather • skin • fur • CL:張|张[zhang1] • pico- (one trillionth) • naughty

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (pi2)The component is pronounced as '' (pi2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

皮肤 (皮膚)

Uncommon

上皮 
俏皮 
俏皮话 (俏皮話)
剥皮 (剝皮)
包皮 
厚脸皮 (厚臉皮)
去皮 
单眼皮 (單眼皮)
地皮 
外皮 
扒皮 
扯皮 
果皮 
桂皮 
橡皮 
橡皮擦 
橡皮筋 
死皮赖脸 (死皮賴臉)
毛皮 
凉皮 (涼皮)
牛皮 
画皮 (畫皮)
皮下 
皮儿 (皮兒)
皮包 
皮囊 
皮埃尔 (皮埃爾)
皮夹 (皮夾)
皮子 
皮带 (皮帶)
皮毛 
皮炎 
皮球 
皮筋 
皮脂腺 
皮肤病 (皮膚病)
皮草 
皮蛋 
皮质 (皮質)
皮革 
皮鞋 
真皮 
眼皮 
羊皮 
肚皮 
肚皮舞 
脱皮 (脫皮)
脸皮 (臉皮)
脸皮厚 (臉皮厚)
表皮 
西皮 
调皮 (調皮)
豆皮 
赖皮 (賴皮)
陈皮 (陳皮)
双眼皮 (雙眼皮)
顽皮 (頑皮)
头皮 (頭皮)

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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.