1. 劉
  2. 少
  3. 奇

劉

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  • 750th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 44 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
劉→
𨥫刂
2Radical
劉→
卯N/A金metal/gold刂knife
3Graphical
劉→
卯人一一丨一丷亅丨

Pinyin & Meaning

1. liú (Liu2)surname Liu

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

劉 also appears in:
藰

Example Words

Common

刘备 (劉備)
刘海 (劉海)

Uncommon

刘少奇 (劉少奇)
刘德华 (劉德華)
刘翔 (劉翔)
刘表 (劉表)
刘邦 (劉邦)
刘青云 (劉青雲)

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少

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Previous (安)Next (报)
  • 233rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 84 words
  • Component in 17 characters

Decomposition

1Once
少→
小丿
2Radical
少→
小small丿bend
3Graphical
少→
亅八丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shǎo (shao3)few • little • lack
2. shào (shao4)young

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

少 also appears in:
省沙妙劣秒吵抄雀纱炒钞砂眇杪耖麨紗

Example Words

Common

多少 

Uncommon

不少 
少女 
少年 
少数 (少數)
少林寺 
少爷 (少爺)
少许 (少許)
少量 
年少 
减少 (減少)
缺少 
至少 
青少年 

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奇

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  • 563rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 155 words
  • Component in 19 characters

Decomposition

1Once
奇→
大可
2Radical
奇→
大big一one亅hook口mouth
3Graphical
奇→
人一一亅口

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jī (ji1)odd (number)
2. qí (qi2)strange • odd • weird • wonderful • surprisingly • unusually

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 奇 jī (ji1)The component 一 is pronounced as 'yī' (yi1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for 奇 jī (ji1)The component 亅 is pronounced as 'jué' (jue2). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for 奇 qí (qi2)The component 一 is pronounced as 'yī' (yi1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

奇 also appears in:
骑寄椅倚崎畸琦绮犄猗欹锜碕剞齮踦掎騎觭

Example Words

Common

传奇 (傳奇)
奇怪 
奇迹 (奇跡)
好奇 
神奇 

Uncommon

出奇 
卡布奇诺 (卡布奇諾)
哈士奇 
奇兵 
奇妙 
奇幻 
奇才 
奇特 
奇异 (奇異)
奇闻 (奇聞)
奇葩 
奇袭 (奇襲)
奇观 (奇觀)
奇遇 
好奇心 
探奇 
新奇 
曲奇 
猎奇 (獵奇)
稀奇 
离奇 (離奇)
惊奇 (驚奇)

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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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