• 341st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 70 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph availableNo glyph available
2Radical
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3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. hòu (hou4)to wait • to inquire after • to watch • season • climate • (old) period of five days

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

时候 (時候)

Uncommon

伺候 
问候 (問候)
守候 
小时候 (小時候)
有时候 (有時候)
有的时候 (有的時候)
等候 

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  • 111th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 548 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
𢆶𢆶

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Ji1)surname Ji
2. (ji1)machine • engine • opportunity • intention • aircraft • pivot • crucial point • flexible (quick-witted) • organic • CL:臺|台[tai2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ji1)The component is pronounced as '' (ji1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (ji1)The component is pronounced as '' (ji3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

司机 (司機)
手机 (手機)
机场 (機場)
机会 (機會)
机遇 (機遇)
飞机 (飛機)

Uncommon

主机 (主機)
乘机 (乘機)
停机 (停機)
先机 (先機)
动机 (動機)
危机 (危機)
取款机 (取款機)
吹风机 (吹風機)
商机 (商機)
契机 (契機)
座机 (座機)
待机 (待機)
心机 (心機)
战机 (戰機)
战斗机 (戰鬥機)
打印机 (打印機)
打火机 (打火機)
投机 (投機)
拖拉机 (拖拉機)
接机 (接機)
摄像机 (攝像機)
搅拌机 (攪拌機)
收音机 (收音機)
时机 (時機)
有机 (有機)
机制 (機制)
机动 (機動)
机动车 (機動車)
机器 (機器)
机器人 (機器人)
机房 (機房)
机敏 (機敏)
机智 (機智)
机械 (機械)
机构 (機構)
机油 (機油)
机率 (機率)
机票 (機票)
机缘 (機緣)
机能 (機能)
机身 (機身)
机车 (機車)
机长 (機長)
机关 (機關)
机灵 (機靈)
机体 (機體)
死机 (死機)
洗衣机 (洗衣機)
照相机 (照相機)
玄机 (玄機)
班机 (班機)
生机 (生機)
登机 (登機)
登机口 (登機口)
登机牌 (登機牌)
发动机 (發動機)
直升机 (直升機)
相机 (相機)
耳机 (耳機)
良机 (良機)
计算机 (計算機)
趁机 (趁機)
转机 (轉機)
游戏机 (遊戲機)
开机 (開機)
关机 (關機)
随机 (隨機)
电视机 (電視機)
飞机场 (飛機場)
饮水机 (飲水機)

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  • 874th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 99 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lóu (lou2)house with more than 1 story • storied building • floor • CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for lóu (lou2)The component is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

大楼 (大樓)
楼上 (樓上)
楼下 (樓下)
楼梯 (樓梯)
红楼梦 (紅樓夢)
跳楼 (跳樓)
钟楼 (鐘樓)

Uncommon

上楼 (上樓)
人去楼空 (人去樓空)
候机楼 (候機樓)
土楼 (土樓)
城楼 (城樓)
宿舍楼 (宿舍樓)
写字楼 (寫字樓)
教学楼 (教學樓)
更上一层楼 (更上一層樓)
楼主 (樓主)
楼层 (樓層)
楼市 (樓市)
楼房 (樓房)
楼梯口 (樓梯口)
楼盘 (樓盤)
楼台 (樓臺)
楼兰 (樓蘭)
楼道 (樓道)
楼顶 (樓頂)
海市蜃楼 (海市蜃樓)
茶楼 (茶樓)
办公楼 (辦公樓)
酒楼 (酒樓)
阁楼 (閣樓)
顶楼 (頂樓)
高楼 (高樓)
黄鹤楼 (黃鶴樓)
鼓楼 (鼓樓)
鼓楼区 (鼓樓區)

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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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