1. 争
  2. 先
  3. 恐
  4. 后

争

Previous (导)Next (运)
  • 344th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 124 words
  • Component in 10 characters

Decomposition

1Once
争→
⺈No glyph available
2Radical
争→
⺈knife⺕pig snout亅hook
3Graphical
争→
⺈匚一亅

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhēng (zheng1)to strive for • to vie for • to argue or debate • deficient or lacking (topolect) • how or what (literary)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

争 also appears in:
静净挣睁铮筝狰诤峥碀

Example Words

Common

战争 (戰爭)
争取 (爭取)
争吵 (爭吵)
争夺 (爭奪)
争气 (爭氣)
竞争 (競爭)

Uncommon

不争 (不爭)
不争气 (不爭氣)
力争 (力爭)
抗争 (抗爭)
争先恐后 (爭先恐後)
争分夺秒 (爭分奪秒)
争执 (爭執)
争宠 (爭寵)
争抢 (爭搶)
争相 (爭相)
争端 (爭端)
争论 (爭論)
争议 (爭議)
争辩 (爭辯)
争锋 (爭鋒)
争霸 (爭霸)
争斗 (爭鬥)
相争 (相爭)
竞争力 (競爭力)
纷争 (紛爭)
与世无争 (與世無爭)
斗争 (鬥爭)

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先

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Previous (常)Next (海)
  • 188th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.11% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 133 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
先→
⺧儿
2Radical
先→
⺧cow儿legs
3Graphical
先→
⺧丿乚

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiān (xian1)early • prior • former • in advance • first

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

先 also appears in:
选洗宪酰诜铣跣冼筅詵銑

Example Words

Common

先生 
首先 

Uncommon

事先 
优先 (優先)
先前 
先天 
先后 (先後)
先机 (先機)
先知 
先行 
先进 (先進)
先锋 (先鋒)
原先 
抢先 (搶先)
率先 
祖先 
预先 (預先)
领先 (領先)

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恐

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Previous (掌)Next (遗)
  • 889th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 59 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
恐→
巩心
2Radical
恐→
工work几table丶dot心heart
3Graphical
恐→
一丨一丿㇠丶𠁼㇃

Pinyin & Meaning

1. kǒng (kong3)afraid • frightened • to fear

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 恐 kǒng (kong3)The component 巩 is pronounced as 'gǒng' (gong3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for 恐 kǒng (kong3)The component 工 is pronounced as 'gōng' (gong1). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

恐怖 
恐惧 (恐懼)

Uncommon

恐吓 (恐嚇)
恐怕 
恐怖片 
恐慌 
恐惧症 (恐懼症)
恐龙 (恐龍)
惶恐 
惊恐 (驚恐)

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后

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Previous (发)Next (作)
  • 48th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.29% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 321 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
后→
⺁𠮛
2Radical
后→
⺁cliff一one口mouth
3Graphical
后→
丿㇒一口

Pinyin & Meaning

1. hòu (Hou4)surname Hou
2. hòu (hou4)empress • queen
3. hòu (hou4)back • behind • rear • afterwards • after • later

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 后 hòu (hou4)The component 口 is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

后 also appears in:
垢逅诟骺郈詬

Example Words

Common

之后 (之後)
今后 (今後)
以后 (以後)
后来 (後來)
后悔 (後悔)
后面 (後面)
最后 (最後)
然后 (然後)

Uncommon

事后 (事後)
先后 (先後)
前后 (前後)
午后 (午後)
天后 
幕后 (幕後)
往后 (往後)
后世 (後世)
后人 (後人)
后代 (後代)
后台 (後台)
后天 (後天)
后宫 (後宮)
后年 (後年)
后期 (後期)
后果 (後果)
后续 (後續)
后者 (後者)
后卫 (後衛)
后退 (後退)
后遗症 (後遺症)
后边 (後邊)
后门 (後門)
日后 (日後)
此后 (此後)
死而后已 (死而後已)
皇后 
稍后 (稍後)
背后 (背後)
落后 (落後)
观后感 (觀後感)
身后 (身後)
过后 (過後)
酒后 (酒後)
随后 (隨後)

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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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