1. 加
  2. 油

加

Previous (果)Next (西)
  • 166th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.13% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 347 words
  • Component in 17 characters

Decomposition

1Once
加→
力口
2Radical
加→
力power/force口mouth
3Graphical
加→
㇆丿口

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiā (Jia1)abbr. for Canada 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]
2. jiā (jia1)to add • plus

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
加的是我这
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Appears In

加 also appears in:
架驾贺咖迦伽茄枷袈痂珈跏笳哿賀駕鴐

Example Words

Common

加入 
加油 
参加 (參加)
增加 
更加 

Uncommon

加上 
加以 
加倍 
加大 
加州 
加工 
加强 (加強)
加快 
加拿大 
加油站 
加深 
加热 (加熱)
加班 
加盟 
加薪 
加号 (加號)
加速 
加重 
加点 (加點)
外加 
新加坡 
添加 
芝加哥 

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油

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Previous (毒)Next (疗)
  • 946th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 220 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
油→
氵由
2Radical
油→
氵water二two丨line凵container
3Graphical
油→
⺀㇀二丨凵

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yóu (you2)oil • fat • grease • petroleum • to apply tung oil, paint or varnish • oily • greasy • glib • cunning

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 油 yóu (you2)The component 由 is pronounced as 'yóu' (you2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
油的是我这
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Example Words

Common

加油 

Uncommon

加油站 
原油 
奶油 
指甲油 
柴米油盐 (柴米油鹽)
植物油 
橄榄油 (橄欖油)
机油 (機油)
汽油 
油价 (油價)
油光 
油条 (油條)
油漆 
油炸 
油田 
油画 (油畫)
油脂 
油腻 (油膩)
油菜 
油锅 (油鍋)
油门 (油門)
油饼 (油餅)
牛油 
甘油 
石油 
色拉油 
蚝油 (蠔油)
猪油 (豬油)
酱油 (醬油)
香油 
麻油 
黄油 (黃油)

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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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