1. 較
  2. 量

較

Previous (周)Next (注)
  • 491st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 34 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
較→
車交
2Radical
較→
車car亠lid八eight/divide乂N/A
3Graphical
較→
二丨口一一丶八乂

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiào (jiao4)comparatively • (preposition comparing difference in degree) • to contrast • to compare • rather • fairly • clearly (different) • markedly • to haggle over • to quibble

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 較 jiào (jiao4)The component 車 is pronounced as 'jū' (ju1). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for 較 jiào (jiao4)The component 交 is pronounced as 'jiāo' (jiao1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

比较 (比較)

Uncommon

斤斤计较 (斤斤計較)
计较 (計較)
较为 (較為)
较量 (較量)

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量

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Previous (太)Next (再)
  • 241st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 271 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
量→
日No glyph available
2Radical
量→
日sun/day一one里village/mile
3Graphical
量→
口一一冂一丨一一丨一

Pinyin & Meaning

1. liáng (liang2)to measure
2. liàng (liang4)capacity • quantity • amount • to estimate • abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar) • measure word

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 量 liáng (liang2)The component 里 is pronounced as 'lǐ' (li3). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for 量 liàng (liang4)The component 里 is pronounced as 'lǐ' (li3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Appears In

量 also appears in:
糧

Example Words

Common

尽量 (儘量)
力量 
大量 
数量 (數量)
流量 
海量 
能量 
质量 (質量)
适量 (適量)
销量 (銷量)

Uncommon

份量 
分量 
含量 
商量 
定量 
容量 
少量 
工作量 
思量 
打量 
掂量 
测量 (測量)
无量 (無量)
热量 (熱量)
产量 (產量)
矢量 
总量 (總量)
胆量 (膽量)
衡量 
计量 (計量)
较量 (較量)
过量 (過量)
酒量 
重量 
电量 (電量)
音量 
食量 

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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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