• 1034th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 98 words
  • Component in 36 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (gu3)bone

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (gu3)The component is pronounced as 'guǎ' (gua3). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for (gu3)The component is pronounced as '' (gu3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

刻骨铭心 (刻骨銘心)
排骨 
 
骨子 
骨头 (骨頭)

Medium Frequency

傲骨 
伤筋动骨 (傷筋動骨)
刺骨 
刻骨 
彻骨 (徹骨)
毛骨悚然 
甲骨文 
白骨 
筋骨 
粉身碎骨 
肋骨 
脱胎换骨 (脫胎換骨)
贱骨头 (賤骨頭)
软骨 (軟骨)
锁骨 (鎖骨)
露骨 
颧骨 (顴骨)
风骨 (風骨)
骨干 (骨幹)
骨感 
骨折 
骨朵 
骨架 
骨气 (骨氣)
骨灰 
骨灰盒 
骨牌 
骨盆 
骨科 
骨肉 
骨血 
骨骼 
骨髓 
鱼骨 (魚骨)
龙骨 (龍骨)
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  • 1129th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 57 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shé (she2)to break (e.g. stick or bone) • a loss
2. zhē (zhe1)to turn sth over • to turn upside-down • to tip sth out (of a container)
3. zhé (zhe2)to break • to fracture • to snap • to suffer loss • to bend • to twist • to turn • to change direction • convinced • to convert into (currency) • discount • rebate • tenth (in price) • classifier for theatrical scenes • to fold • accounts book
4. zhé (zhe2)variant of 折[zhe2] • to fold

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shé (she2)The component is pronounced as 'shǒu' (shou3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

 
折磨 
折腾 (折騰)
挫折 

Medium Frequency

夭折 
存折 
打折 
折射 
折扣 
折断 (折斷)
折服 
折叠 (折疊)
折纸 (摺紙)
曲折 
波折 
转折 (轉折)
转折点 (轉折點)
骨折 
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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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