• 862nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 68 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. páo (pao2)(of an animal) to paw (the ground)
2. pǎo (pao3)to run • to run away • to escape • to run around (on errands etc) • (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate • (verb complement) away • off

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for páo (pao2)The component is pronounced as 'bāo' (bao1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for pǎo (pao3)The component is pronounced as 'bāo' (bao1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

奔跑 
跑步 

Uncommon

快跑 
慢跑 
落跑 
赛跑 (賽跑)
起跑线 (起跑線)
赶跑 (趕跑)
跑出 
跑掉 
跑腿 
跑调 (跑調)
跑车 (跑車)
跑道 
跑鞋 
逃跑 
长跑 (長跑)
领跑 (領跑)

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  • 1349th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 43 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tuǐ (tui3)leg • CL:條|条[tiao2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for tuǐ (tui3)The component 退 is pronounced as 'tuì' (tui4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

大腿 
小腿 
鸡腿 (雞腿)

Uncommon

二郎腿 
劈腿 
拖后腿 (拖後腿)
火腿 
腿脚 (腿腳)
裤腿 (褲腿)
跑腿 
双腿 (雙腿)

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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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