• 1770th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 46 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tóng (tong2)copper (chemistry) • see also 紅銅|红铜[hong2 tong2] • CL:塊|块[kuai4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for tóng (tong2)The component is pronounced as 'tóng' (tong2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for tóng (tong2)The component is pronounced as 'tòng' (tong4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

铜牌 (銅牌)
青铜 (青銅)

Uncommon

古铜色 (古銅色)
铜仁 (銅仁)
铜像 (銅像)
铜器 (銅器)
铜川 (銅川)
铜板 (銅板)
铜梁 (銅梁)
铜铃 (銅鈴)
铜锣 (銅鑼)
铜锣湾 (銅鑼灣)
铜锣烧 (銅鑼燒)
铜陵 (銅陵)
铜鼓 (銅鼓)
青铜器 (青銅器)
黄铜 (黃銅)

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  • 1414th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 72 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. liáng (Liang2)name of Kingdoms and Dynasties at different periods • surname Liang
2. liáng (liang2)beam of roof • bridge

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

梁山 
梁静茹 (梁靜茹)
桥梁 (橋梁)
脊梁 
鼻梁 

Uncommon

吕梁 (呂梁)
大梁 
后梁 (後梁)
梁启超 (梁啟超)
梁平 
梁漱溟 
栋梁 (棟梁)
横梁 (橫梁)
脊梁骨 
铜梁 (銅梁)
顶梁柱 (頂梁柱)
余音绕梁 (餘音繞梁)
高梁 

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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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