• 52nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.28% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 448 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dào (dao4)direction • way • road • path • principle • truth • morality • reason • skill • method • Dao (of Daoism) • to say • to speak • to talk • classifier for long thin stretches, rivers, roads etc • province (of Korea do 도, and formerly Japan dō) • CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

知道 

Uncommon

出道 
北海道 
厚道 
同道 
味道 
问道 (問道)
国道 (國道)
地道 
报道 (報道)
大道 
小道 
微不足道 
志同道合 
有道 
正道 
渠道 
王道 
肠道 (腸道)
街道 
说道 (說道)
车道 (車道)
轨道 (軌道)
通道 
道具 
道别 (道別)
道德 
道歉 
道理 
道路 
隧道 
难道 (難道)
霸道 
频道 (頻道)

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  • 1593rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 36 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. mào (mao4)appearance

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for mào (mao4)The component is pronounced as 'mào' (mao4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

貌似 

Uncommon

外貌 
容貌 
相貌 
礼貌 (禮貌)
美貌 
貌美 
面貌 

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  • 969th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 46 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. àn (an4)bank • shore • beach • coast • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

彼岸 
海岸 

Uncommon

上岸 
伟岸 (偉岸)
南岸 
口岸 
对岸 (對岸)
岸边 (岸邊)
左岸 
河岸 
沿岸 
海岸线 (海岸線)
道貌岸然 
靠岸 

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  • 55th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.26% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 266 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. rán (ran2)correct • right • so • thus • like this • -ly

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for rán (ran2)The component is pronounced as 'rán' (ran2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

依然 
居然 
果然 
然后 (然後)
突然 
竟然 
自然 
虽然 (雖然)

Uncommon

不然 
仍然 
偶然 
坦然 
大自然 
天然 
已然 
必然 
忽然 
悄然 
既然 
淡然 
然而 
理所当然 (理所當然)
当然 (當然)
突然间 (突然間)
茫然 
释然 (釋然)
顺其自然 (順其自然)
显然 (顯然)

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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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