• 1905th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 23 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (pi1)mate • one of a pair
2. (pi3)classifier for horses, mules etc • Taiwan pr. [pi1] • ordinary person • classifier for cloth: bolt • horsepower

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

匹配 
阿司匹林 

Uncommon

匹夫 
匹敌 (匹敵)
单枪匹马 (單槍匹馬)
奥林匹克 (奧林匹克)
阿斯匹林 
马匹 (馬匹)

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  • 377th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 222 words
  • Component in 13 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (fu1)husband • man • manual worker • conscripted laborer (old)
2. (fu2)(classical) this, that • he, she, they • (exclamatory final particle) • (initial particle, introduces an opinion)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

丈夫 
功夫 
大夫 
夫人 
夫妻 
夫妇 (夫婦)
姐夫 
屠夫 

Uncommon

前夫 
夫子 
妹夫 
姨夫 
居里夫人 
工夫 
懦夫 
渔夫 (漁夫)
车夫 (車夫)
农夫 (農夫)
马夫 (馬伕)
马尔代夫 (馬爾代夫)
高尔夫 (高爾夫)

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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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