• 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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  • 3123rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 8 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiāo (xiao1)firmament • heaven

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for xiāo (xiao1)The component is pronounced as 'xiào' (xiao4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

High Frequency

九霄云外 (九霄雲外)
云霄 (雲霄)

Medium Frequency

云霄飞车 (雲霄飛車)
 
霄汉 (霄漢)
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  • 691st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 96 words
  • Component in 15 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yún (yun2)(classical) to say
2. yún (Yun2)surname Yun • abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2 nan2 sheng3]
3. yún (yun2)cloud • CL:朵[duo3]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

 
多云 (多雲)
浮云 (浮雲)
白云 (白雲)
赵云 (趙雲)
云南 (雲南)
风云 (風雲)

Medium Frequency

不知所云 
九霄云外 (九霄雲外)
云云 
人云亦云 
刘青云 (劉青雲)
彩云 (彩雲)
星云 (星雲)
乌云 (烏雲)
烟消云散 (煙消雲散)
白云区 (白雲區)
祥云 (祥雲)
连云港 (連雲港)
云南省 (雲南省)
云吞 (雲吞)
云层 (雲層)
云彩 (雲彩)
云朵 (雲朵)
云浮 (雲浮)
云烟 (雲煙)
云端 (雲端)
云雀 (雲雀)
云集 (雲集)
云霄 (雲霄)
云雾 (雲霧)
青云 (青雲)
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  • 131st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.15% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 190 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wài (wai4)outside • in addition • foreign • external

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

另外 
 
外套 
外婆 
外面 
意外 

Medium Frequency

中外 
之外 
九霄云外 (九霄雲外)
以外 
例外 
内外 (內外)
分外 
国内外 (國內外)
国外 (國外)
外交 
外交部 
外人 
外来 (外來)
外传 (外傳)
外公 
外出 
外加 
外包 
外汇 (外匯)
外向 
外国 (外國)
外国人 (外國人)
外在 
外地 
外媒 
外形 
外星人 
外壳 (外殼)
外滩 (外灘)
外甥 
外甥女 
外界 
外科 
外号 (外號)
外衣 
外表 
外观 (外觀)
外语 (外語)
外貌 
外贸 (外貿)
外卖 (外賣)
外遇 
外边 (外邊)
外部 
外露 
外头 (外頭)
室外 
对外 (對外)
屋外 
往外 
户外 (戶外)
格外 
此外 
海外 
紫外线 (紫外線)
老外 
号外 (號外)
野外 
门外 (門外)
除外 
额外 (額外)
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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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