• 1261st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 113 words
  • Component in 204 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. niǎo (niao3)bird • CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for niǎo (niao3)The component is pronounced as 'niǎo' (niao3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

一石二鸟 (一石二鳥)
菜鸟 (菜鳥)
飞鸟 (飛鳥)
鸟儿 (鳥兒)
鸟巢 (鳥巢)

Uncommon

候鸟 (候鳥)
啄木鸟 (啄木鳥)
小鸟依人 (小鳥依人)
布谷鸟 (布谷鳥)
打鸟 (打鳥)
水鸟 (水鳥)
海鸟 (海鳥)
火烈鸟 (火烈鳥)
神鸟 (神鳥)
笨鸟先飞 (笨鳥先飛)
老鸟 (老鳥)
花鸟 (花鳥)
蜂鸟 (蜂鳥)
鸟兽散 (鳥獸散)
鸟瞰 (鳥瞰)
鸟窝 (鳥窩)
鸟笼 (鳥籠)
鸟粪 (鳥糞)
鸟类 (鳥類)
鸟鸣 (鳥鳴)
鸵鸟 (鴕鳥)

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  • 1600th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 47 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shòu (shou4)beast • animal • beastly • bestial

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shòu (shou4)The component is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

怪兽 (怪獸)
禽兽 (禽獸)

Uncommon

猛兽 (猛獸)
独角兽 (獨角獸)
兽性 (獸性)
兽医 (獸醫)
神兽 (神獸)
野兽 (野獸)

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  • 864th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 128 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. sǎn (san3)leisurely • loosen • powdered medicine • to scatter • to come loose
2. sàn (san4)to break up (of couples) • to distribute • to let out • to fire or discharge (sb)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

不见不散 (不見不散)
扩散 (擴散)
散户 (散戶)
散步 
散发 (散發)

Uncommon

不欢而散 (不歡而散)
分散 
吹散 
失散 
懒散 (懶散)
拆散 
散伙 
散布 (散佈)
散场 (散場)
散失 
散学 (散學)
散心 
散打 
散播 
散散步 
散文 
散会 (散會)
散架 
散漫 
散热 (散熱)
散尽 (散盡)
散粉 
散落 
散装 (散裝)
散开 (散開)
消散 
烟消云散 (煙消雲散)
疏散 
发散 (發散)
聚散 
解散 
走散 
闲散 (閑散)
离散 (離散)
飘散 (飄散)
驱散 (驅散)
松散 (鬆散)

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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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