• 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
humanlineNo glyph availablearrow
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.

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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  • 361st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 407 words
  • Component in 183 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chē (Che1)surname Che
2. chē (che1)car • vehicle • CL:輛|辆[liang4] • machine • to shape with a lathe
3. (ju1)war chariot (archaic) • rook (in Chinese chess) • rook (in chess)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for chē (che1)The component is pronounced as 'chē' (che1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (ju1)The component is pronounced as '' (ju1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

上车 (上車)
下车 (下車)
停车 (停車)
公交车 (公交車)
公车 (公車)
出租车 (出租車)
列车 (列車)
坐车 (坐車)
堵车 (堵車)
塞车 (塞車)
打车 (打車)
摩托车 (摩托車)
汽车 (汽車)
火车 (火車)
火车票 (火車票)
火车站 (火車站)
自行车 (自行車)
赛车 (賽車)
车子 (車子)
车展 (車展)
车厢 (車廂)
车票 (車票)
车祸 (車禍)
车站 (車站)
车辆 (車輛)
开车 (開車)

Uncommon

三轮车 (三輪車)
乘车 (乘車)
二手车 (二手車)
修车 (修車)
倒车 (倒車)
候车室 (候車室)
停车场 (停車場)
出车 (出車)
列车员 (列車員)
刹车 (剎車)
动车 (動車)
包车 (包車)
卡丁车 (卡丁車)
卡车 (卡車)
单车 (單車)
客车 (客車)
专车 (專車)
小车 (小車)
快车 (快車)
急刹车 (急剎車)
战车 (戰車)
房车 (房車)
拖车 (拖車)
拼车 (拼車)
推车 (推車)
搭车 (搭車)
撞车 (撞車)
救护车 (救護車)
晕车 (暈車)
末班车 (末班車)
校车 (校車)
机动车 (機動車)
机车 (機車)
汽车站 (汽車站)
消防车 (消防車)
班车 (班車)
发车 (發車)
碰碰车 (碰碰車)
私家车 (私家車)
缆车 (纜車)
脚踏车 (腳踏車)
花车 (花車)
行车 (行車)
警车 (警車)
货车 (貨車)
购物车 (購物車)
超车 (超車)
赶车 (趕車)
跑车 (跑車)
车主 (車主)
车位 (車位)
车夫 (車夫)
车库 (車庫)
车模 (車模)
车水马龙 (車水馬龍)
车流 (車流)
车牌 (車牌)
车程 (車程)
车窗 (車窗)
车胎 (車胎)
车行 (車行)
车费 (車費)
车身 (車身)
车轮 (車輪)
车速 (車速)
车道 (車道)
车门 (車門)
车间 (車間)
车队 (車隊)
车顶 (車頂)
转车 (轉車)
轿车 (轎車)
通车 (通車)
过山车 (過山車)
错车 (錯車)
长途车 (長途車)
电瓶车 (電瓶車)
电车 (電車)
风车 (風車)
飙车 (飆車)
餐车 (餐車)
马车 (馬車)
驾车 (駕車)
骑车 (騎車)
面包车 (麵包車)
黑车 (黑車)

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  • 707th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 120 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shì (Shi4)surname Shi
2. shì (shi4)room • work unit • grave • scabbard • family or clan • one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as 'zhì' (zhi4). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

教室 
办公室 (辦公室)

Uncommon

休息室 
候车室 (候車室)
地下室 
室内 (室內)
室友 
室外 
室温 (室溫)
密室 
寝室 (寢室)
实验室 (實驗室)
居室 
工作室 
放映室 
更衣室 
会议室 (會議室)
浴室 
温室 (溫室)
画室 (畫室)
皇室 
科室 
卧室 (臥室)
课室 (課室)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.