• 445th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 85 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.

Example Words

Common

一言九鼎 
十九 
马英九 (馬英九)

Uncommon

九九归一 (九九歸一)
九十 
九寨沟 (九寨溝)
九州 
九成 
九月 
九月份 
九江 
九华山 (九華山)
九霄云外 (九霄雲外)
九龙 (九龍)
龙生九子 (龍生九子)

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  • 3123rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 14 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.

Example Words

Common

九霄云外 (九霄雲外)
云霄 (雲霄)

Uncommon

云霄飞车 (雲霄飛車)
霄汉 (霄漢)

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  • 691st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 168 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

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

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yún (yun2)The component is pronounced as '' (yu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for yún (yun2)The component is pronounced as 'yún' (yun2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
3. Pronunciation clue for yún (yun2)The component is pronounced as '' (yu3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

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

Uncommon

九霄云外 (九霄雲外)
凌云 (凌雲)
刘青云 (劉青雲)
密云 (密雲)
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)
行云流水 (行雲流水)
连云港 (連雲港)
阴云 (陰雲)
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)
云雨 (雲雨)
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 364 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.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

之外 
另外 
外套 
外婆 
外面 
意外 

Uncommon

中外 
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)
境外 
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 
外地人 
外媒 
外带 (外帶)
外形 
外援 
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)
郊外 
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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