• 1864th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 17 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ku4)ruthless • strong (e.g. of wine) • (of sb or sth) cool (loanword)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ku4)The component is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

残酷 (殘酷)

Uncommon

优酷 (優酷)
冷酷 
冷酷无情 (冷酷無情)
酷爱 (酷愛)

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  • 394th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 187 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
𠁼

Pinyin & Meaning

1. ài (ai4)to love • affection • to be fond of • to like

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for ài (ai4)The component is pronounced as '' (mi4). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for ài (ai4)The component is pronounced as 'zhǐ' (zhi3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

可爱 (可愛)
喜爱 (喜愛)
爱上 (愛上)
爱人 (愛人)
爱情 (愛情)
恋爱 (戀愛)
亲爱 (親愛)

Uncommon

偏爱 (偏愛)
做爱 (做愛)
北爱 (北愛)
宠爱 (寵愛)
张爱玲 (張愛玲)
心爱 (心愛)
恩爱 (恩愛)
爱国 (愛國)
爱好 (愛好)
爱好者 (愛好者)
爱德华 (愛德華)
爱心 (愛心)
爱惜 (愛惜)
爱意 (愛意)
爱恋 (愛戀)
爱尔兰 (愛爾蘭)
爱美 (愛美)
爱护 (愛護)
爱丽丝 (愛麗絲)
挚爱 (摯愛)
母爱 (母愛)
深爱 (深愛)
溺爱 (溺愛)
热爱 (熱愛)
珍爱 (珍愛)
疼爱 (疼愛)
相爱 (相愛)
真爱 (真愛)
谈恋爱 (談戀愛)
错爱 (錯愛)
钟爱 (鍾愛)
关爱 (關愛)

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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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