• 445th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 44 words
  • Component in 20 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiǔ (jiu3)nine • 9

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 
马英九 (馬英九)

Medium Frequency

一言九鼎 
九十 
九寨沟 (九寨溝)
九州 
九月 
九江 
九霄云外 (九霄雲外)
十九 
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  • 2308th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 17 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhài (zhai4)stronghold • stockade • camp • village

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

山寨 

Medium Frequency

九寨沟 (九寨溝)
安营扎寨 (安營紮寨)
山寨机 (山寨機)
柬埔寨 
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  • 1608th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 22 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gōu (gou1)ditch • gutter • groove • gully • ravine • CL:道[dao4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for gōu (gou1)The component is pronounced as 'gōu' (gou1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for gōu (gou1)The component is pronounced as 'gòu' (gou4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 ()
沟通 (溝通)

Medium Frequency

九寨沟 (九寨溝)
乳沟 (乳溝)
代沟 (代溝)
水沟 (水溝)
沟壑 (溝壑)
沟渠 (溝渠)
鸿沟 (鴻溝)
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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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