• 246th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 100 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zuò (zuo4)to do • to make • to produce • to write • to compose • to act as • to engage in • to hold (a party) • to be • to become • to function (in some capacity) • to serve as • to be used for • to form (a bond or relationship) • to pretend • to feign • to act a part • to put on appearance

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

做事 
做人 
做到 
做法 
叫做 

Uncommon

做主 
做作 
做出 
做梦 (做夢)
做完 
做客 
做工 
做爱 (做愛)
做为 (做為)
做菜 
做错 (做錯)
做饭 (做飯)
当做 (當做)

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  • 1504th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 41 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. méi (mei2)medium • intermediary • matchmaker • go-between • abbr. for 媒體|媒体[mei2 ti3], media, esp. news media

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for méi (mei2)The component is pronounced as 'mǒu' (mou3). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for méi (mei2)The component is pronounced as '' (mu4). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

传媒 (傳媒)
媒体 (媒體)

Uncommon

做媒 
外媒 
多媒体 (多媒體)
媒人 
媒介 
媒婆 

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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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