• 315th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 312 words
  • Component in 15 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. běi (bei3)north • to be defeated (classical)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for běi (bei3)The component is pronounced as '' (bi3). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for běi (bei3)The component is pronounced as 'běi' (bei3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

北京 

Uncommon

北京人 
北京市 
北区 (北區)
北国 (北國)
北大 
北平 
北爱 (北愛)
北斗 
北方 
北极 (北極)
北极熊 (北極熊)
北欧 (北歐)
北海 
北海道 
北美 
北部 
北门 (北門)
北非 
南北 
台北 
天南地北 
东北 (東北)
东北亚 (東北亞)
江北 
河北 
河北省 
湖北 
湖北省 
华北 (華北)
西北 
西北部 

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  • 716th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 234 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ka3)to stop • to block • card • CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4] • calorie
2. qiǎ (qia3)to block • to be stuck • to be wedged • customs station • a clip • a fastener • a checkpost • Taiwan pron. [ka3]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

信用卡 
充值卡 
卡通 
打卡 
摩卡 
贺卡 (賀卡)

Uncommon

借记卡 (借記卡)
刷卡 
卡丁车 (卡丁車)
卡住 
卡哇伊 
卡塔尔 (卡塔爾)
卡布奇诺 (卡布奇諾)
卡带 (卡帶)
卡扎菲 
卡拉 
卡尔 (卡爾)
卡片 
卡特 
卡西欧 (卡西歐)
卡路里 
卡车 (卡車)
卡农 (卡農)
卡门 (卡門)
大卡 
奥斯卡 (奧斯卡)
斯里兰卡 (斯里蘭卡)
发卡 (發卡)
绿卡 (綠卡)
网卡 (網卡)
莱卡 (萊卡)
读卡器 (讀卡器)
银行卡 (銀行卡)
关卡 (關卡)
电话卡 (電話卡)
显卡 (顯卡)

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  • 392nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 391 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. luó (Luo2)surname Luo
2. luó (luo2)gauze • to collect • to gather • to catch • to sift

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

佛罗伦萨 (佛羅倫薩)
俄罗斯 (俄羅斯)
保罗 (保羅)
巴塞罗那 (巴塞羅那)
摩托罗拉 (摩托羅拉)
普罗旺斯 (普羅旺斯)
紫罗兰 (紫羅蘭)
罗嗦 (羅嗦)
罗志祥 (羅志祥)
罗斯 (羅斯)
罗曼史 (羅曼史)
罗湖 (羅湖)
罗兰 (羅蘭)
罗马 (羅馬)

Uncommon

佐罗 (佐羅)
佛罗里达 (佛羅里達)
佛罗里达州 (佛羅里達州)
侏罗纪 (侏羅紀)
俄罗斯人 (俄羅斯人)
修罗 (修羅)
克罗地亚 (克羅地亞)
加泰罗尼亚 (加泰羅尼亞)
包罗 (包羅)
包罗万象 (包羅萬象)
北卡罗来纳 (北卡羅來納)
博罗 (博羅)
博罗县 (博羅縣)
卡斯特罗 (卡斯特羅)
塔罗 (塔羅)
天妇罗 (天婦羅)
婆罗洲 (婆囉洲)
婆罗门 (婆羅門)
尼罗河 (尼羅河)
张罗 (張羅)
爱新觉罗 (愛新覺羅)
搜罗 (搜羅)
收罗 (收羅)
新罗 (新羅)
星罗棋布 (星羅棋布)
普罗 (普羅)
暹罗 (暹羅)
曼陀罗 (曼陀羅)
欧罗巴 (歐羅巴)
汨罗 (汨羅)
波罗 (波羅)
波罗的海 (波羅的海)
白俄罗斯 (白俄羅斯)
科罗拉多 (科羅拉多)
米开朗基罗 (米開朗基羅)
索罗斯 (索羅斯)
维罗纳 (維羅納)
网罗 (網羅)
罗伯特 (羅伯特)
罗伯茨 (羅伯茨)
罗伯逊 (羅伯遜)
罗杰 (羅傑)
罗杰斯 (羅傑斯)
罗列 (羅列)
罗刹 (羅剎)
罗勒 (羅勒)
罗城 (羅城)
罗定 (羅定)
罗定市 (羅定市)
罗密欧 (羅密歐)
罗山 (羅山)
罗布林卡 (羅布林卡)
罗平 (羅平)
罗拉 (羅拉)
罗文 (羅文)
罗斯福 (羅斯福)
罗曼蒂克 (羅曼蒂克)
罗氏 (羅氏)
罗浮宫 (羅浮宮)
罗浮山 (羅浮山)
罗湖区 (羅湖區)
罗源 (羅源)
罗汉 (羅漢)
罗汉果 (羅漢果)
罗琳 (羅琳)
罗盘 (羅盤)
罗纹 (羅紋)
罗纳尔多 (羅納爾多)
罗素 (羅素)
罗莎 (羅莎)
罗贯中 (羅貫中)
罗马尼亚 (羅馬尼亞)
圣保罗 (聖保羅)
华罗庚 (華羅庚)
西塞罗 (西塞羅)
门可罗雀 (門可羅雀)
门罗 (門羅)
开罗 (開羅)
阎罗王 (閻羅王)
阿修罗 (阿修羅)
阿波罗 (阿波羅)
马可波罗 (馬可波羅)

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  • 15th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.56% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 308 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lái (lai2)to come • to arrive • to come round • ever since • next

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

下来 (下來)
来自 (來自)
来说 (來說)
出来 (出來)
原来 (原來)
回来 (回來)
带来 (帶來)
从来 (從來)
拿来 (拿來)
未来 (未來)
本来 (本來)
看来 (看來)
起来 (起來)
越来越 (越來越)
过来 (過來)
醒来 (醒來)

Uncommon

上来 (上來)
以来 (以來)
来到 (來到)
来回 (來回)
来年 (來年)
来源 (來源)
来生 (來生)
来临 (來臨)
来电 (來電)
传来 (傳來)
到来 (到來)
到头来 (到頭來)
前来 (前來)
向来 (向來)
如来 (如來)
将来 (將來)
后来 (後來)
想来 (想來)
打来 (打來)
接下来 (接下來)
用来 (用來)
翻来覆去 (翻來覆去)
进来 (進來)

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  • 683rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 230 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Na4)surname Na
2. (na4)to receive • to accept • to enjoy • to bring into • to pay (tax etc) • nano- (one billionth) • to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (na4)The component is pronounced as 'nèi' (nei4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

出纳 (出納)
容纳 (容納)
接纳 (接納)
收纳 (收納)
纳入 (納入)
纳闷 (納悶)
纳税 (納稅)
纳税人 (納稅人)
纳豆 (納豆)
维也纳 (維也納)
西双版纳 (西雙版納)

Uncommon

交纳 (交納)
加纳 (加納)
北卡罗来纳 (北卡羅來納)
吐故纳新 (吐故納新)
吸纳 (吸納)
喀纳斯湖 (喀納斯湖)
乔纳森 (喬納森)
塞纳河 (塞納河)
戛纳 (戛納)
招贤纳士 (招賢納士)
采纳 (採納)
摩纳哥 (摩納哥)
格拉纳达 (格拉納達)
桑塔纳 (桑塔納)
归纳 (歸納)
笑纳 (笑納)
第纳尔 (第納爾)
纳什 (納什)
纳尼亚 (納尼亞)
纳闷儿 (納悶兒)
纳斯达克 (納斯達克)
纳木错 (納木錯)
纳福 (納福)
纳米 (納米)
纳粹 (納粹)
纳西 (納西)
纳西族 (納西族)
维纳斯 (維納斯)
维罗纳 (維羅納)
缴纳 (繳納)
罗纳尔多 (羅納爾多)
肖伯纳 (肖伯納)
莱昂纳多 (萊昂納多)
萧伯纳 (蕭伯納)
藏污纳垢 (藏污納垢)
马拉多纳 (馬拉多納)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.