• 2345th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 18 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. guā (gua1)to scrape • to blow • to shave • to plunder • to extort
2. guā (gua1)to blow (of the wind)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

刮风 (颳風)

Uncommon

刮伤 (刮傷)
刮掉 
刮痧 
刮目相看 
刮胡刀 (刮鬍刀)
搜刮 

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  • 804th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 115 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Hu2)surname Hu
2. (hu2)non-Han people, esp. from central Asia • reckless • outrageous • what? • why? • to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2])
3. (hu2)see 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
4. (hu2)beard • mustache • whiskers

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (hu2)The component is pronounced as '' (gu3). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

二胡 
胡同 
胡思乱想 (胡思亂想)
胡椒粉 
胡萝卜 (胡蘿蔔)
胡子 (鬍子)

Uncommon

死胡同 
胡乱 (胡亂)
胡扯 
胡搅 (胡攪)
胡桃 
胡椒 
胡萝卜素 (胡蘿蔔素)
胡言乱语 (胡言亂語)
胡话 (胡話)
胡说 (胡說)
胡说八道 (胡說八道)
胡适 (胡適)
胡锦涛 (胡錦濤)
胡闹 (胡鬧)
胡须 (鬍鬚)
黑胡椒 

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  • 1065th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 120 words
  • Component in 392 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dāo (Dao1)surname Dao
2. dāo (dao1)knife • blade • single-edged sword • cutlass • CL:把[ba3] • classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dāo (dao1)The component is pronounced as 'dāo' (dao1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

菜刀 

Uncommon

借刀杀人 (借刀殺人)
两肋插刀 (兩肋插刀)
刀具 
刀刃 
刀削面 (刀削麵)
刀叉 
刀口 
刀子 
刀片 
刀郎 
刀锋 (刀鋒)
刺刀 
剃须刀 (剃鬚刀)
剪刀 
千刀万剐 (千刀萬剮)
大刀 
小刀 
尖刀 
快刀斩乱麻 (快刀斬亂麻)
水果刀 
磨刀 
磨刀石 
螺丝刀 (螺絲刀)
军刀 (軍刀)
镰刀 (鐮刀)
开刀 (開刀)
飞刀 (飛刀)

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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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