• 795th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 210 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiǔ (jiu3)wine (esp. rice wine) • liquor • spirits • alcoholic beverage • CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

下酒 
啤酒 
酒吧 
酒店 

Uncommon

喜酒 
喝酒 
戒酒 
敬酒 
料酒 
清酒 
烟酒 (煙酒)
白酒 
茅台酒 (茅臺酒)
葡萄酒 
解酒 
酒味 
酒家 
酒席 
酒后 (酒後)
酒会 (酒會)
酒杯 
酒楼 (酒樓)
酒水 
酒窝 (酒窩)
酒精 
酒庄 (酒莊)
酒足饭饱 (酒足飯飽)
酒醉 
酒醒 
酒酿 (酒釀)
酒量 
酒驾 (酒駕)
酒鬼 
醉酒 
饮酒 (飲酒)
黄酒 (黃酒)

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  • 3989th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 4 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhōng (zhong1)handleless cup • goblet

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhōng (zhong1)The component is pronounced as 'zhōng' (zhong1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhōng (zhong1)The component is pronounced as 'zhòng' (zhong4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Uncommon

色盅 
酒盅 
骰盅 

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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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