• 2030th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 34 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gōu (Gou1)surname Gou
2. gōu (gou1)to attract • to arouse • to tick • to strike out • to delineate • to collude • variant of 鉤|钩[gou1], hook
3. gòu (gou4)affair • to reach for (with hand)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

勾引 
勾起 

Uncommon

勾兑 (勾兌)
勾勒 
勾心斗角 (勾心鬥角)
勾搭 
勾画 (勾畫)
勾结 (勾結)
勾芡 

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  • 881st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 105 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huà (hua4)to draw • picture • painting • CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

动画 (動畫)
漫画 (漫畫)
画报 (畫報)
画面 (畫面)
绘画 (繪畫)

Uncommon

作画 (作畫)
刻画 (刻畫)
动画片 (動畫片)
国画 (國畫)
图画 (圖畫)
壁画 (壁畫)
如画 (如畫)
指手画脚 (指手畫腳)
插画 (插畫)
书画 (書畫)
沙画 (沙畫)
油画 (油畫)
漫画家 (漫畫家)
画像 (畫像)
画册 (畫冊)
画卷 (畫卷)
画图 (畫圖)
画室 (畫室)
画家 (畫家)
画展 (畫展)
画廊 (畫廊)
画皮 (畫皮)
画笔 (畫筆)
笔画 (筆畫)
诗情画意 (詩情畫意)

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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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