• 636th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 72 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiǔ (jiu3)(long) time • (long) duration of time

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

多久 
好久 

Uncommon

不久 
久久 
久违 (久違)
久远 (久遠)
天长地久 (天長地久)
恒久 (恆久)
持久 
永久 
许久 (許久)
长久 (長久)

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  • 636th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 72 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiǔ (jiu3)(long) time • (long) duration of time

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

多久 
好久 

Uncommon

不久 
久久 
久违 (久違)
久远 (久遠)
天长地久 (天長地久)
恒久 (恆久)
持久 
永久 
许久 (許久)
长久 (長久)

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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.