• 1440th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 65 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huò (Huo4)surname Huo
2. huò (huo4)suddenly

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

挥霍 (揮霍)

Uncommon

挥霍无度 (揮霍無度)
炉霍县 (爐霍縣)
霍尔木兹 (霍爾木茲)
霍华德 (霍華德)
霍金 

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  • 976th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 123 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. luò (Luo4)surname Luo • old name of several rivers (in Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Anhui)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

夏洛克 
洛杉矶 (洛杉磯)
洛阳 (洛陽)

Uncommon

博洛尼亚 (博洛尼亞)
卡洛斯 
商洛 
夏洛特 
弗洛伊德 
弗洛姆 
摩洛哥 
斯洛伐克 
斯洛文尼亚 (斯洛文尼亞)
果洛 
洛佩斯 
洛克菲勒 
洛基 
洛川 
洛桑 
洛阳市 (洛陽市)
海洛因 
特洛伊 
费洛蒙 (費洛蒙)

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  • 520th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 210 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wéi (Wei2)abbr. for Uighur 維吾爾|维吾尔[Wei2 wu2 er3] • surname Wei
2. wéi (wei2)to preserve • to maintain • to hold together • dimension • vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wei2 sheng1 su4])

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

思维 (思維)
维修 (維修)
维多利亚 (維多利亞)
维持 (維持)
维生素 (維生素)
维护 (維護)
纤维 (纖維)

Uncommon

三维 (三維)
二维 (二維)
四维 (四維)
塞尔维亚 (塞爾維亞)
塞维利亚 (塞維利亞)
恭维 (恭維)
戴维斯 (戴維斯)
拉斯维加斯 (拉斯維加斯)
玻利维亚 (玻利維亞)
维也纳 (維也納)
维他命 (維他命)
维吾尔 (維吾爾)
维和 (維和)
维基 (維基)
维基百科 (維基百科)
维多利亚港 (維多利亞港)
维度 (維度)
维拉 (維拉)
维族 (維族)
维权 (維權)
维港 (維港)
维纳斯 (維納斯)
维系 (維繫)
纤维素 (纖維素)

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  • 1933rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 39 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ci2)Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris) • to thatch (a roof)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ci2)The component is pronounced as '' (ci4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for (ci2)The component is pronounced as 'cǎo' (cao3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

盖茨 (蓋茨)

Uncommon

弗罗茨瓦夫 (弗羅茨瓦夫)
波茨坦 
罗伯茨 (羅伯茨)
美因茨 
茨城 
茨菰 
盖茨比 (蓋茨比)
萨尔茨堡 (薩爾茨堡)
阿尔茨海默氏症 (阿爾茨海默氏症)
霍格沃茨 
霍洛维茨 (霍洛維茨)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.