• 194th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.11% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 384 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dōng (Dong1)surname Dong
2. dōng (dong1)east • host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) • landlord

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

东方 (東方)
东西 (東西)

Uncommon

中东 (中東)
丹东 (丹東)
各奔东西 (各奔東西)
安东尼 (安東尼)
山东 (山東)
山东省 (山東省)
广东 (廣東)
广东人 (廣東人)
广东省 (廣東省)
广东话 (廣東話)
惠东 (惠東)
房东 (房東)
东亚 (東亞)
东京 (東京)
东北 (東北)
东北亚 (東北亞)
东区 (東區)
东南 (東南)
东南亚 (東南亞)
东吴 (東吳)
东城 (東城)
东城区 (東城區)
东家 (東家)
东山 (東山)
东东 (東東)
东海 (東海)
东湖 (東湖)
东营 (東營)
东直门 (東直門)
东莞 (東莞)
东莞市 (東莞市)
东边 (東邊)
东部 (東部)
东阳 (東陽)
毛泽东 (毛澤東)
江东 (江東)
河东 (河東)
浦东 (浦東)
福如东海 (福如東海)
股东 (股東)
华东 (華東)
远东 (遠東)
关东 (關東)

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  • 916th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 166 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (hu2)lake • CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (hu2)The component is pronounced as '' (hu2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (hu2)The component is pronounced as '' (hu2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

江湖 
湖南 

Uncommon

五湖四海 
千岛湖 (千島湖)
南湖 
天鹅湖 (天鵝湖)
太湖 
巢湖 
平湖 
东湖 (東湖)
洞庭湖 
淡水湖 
湖北 
湖北省 
湖南省 
湖州 
湖泊 
湖滨 (湖濱)
湖边 (湖邊)
湖里区 (湖里區)
泸沽湖 (瀘沽湖)
罗湖 (羅湖)
罗湖区 (羅湖區)
芜湖 (蕪湖)
西湖 
西湖区 (西湖區)
鄱阳湖 (鄱陽湖)
青海湖 
龙湖 (龍湖)

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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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