• 824th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 72 words
  • Component in 9 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wēi (Wei1)surname Wei
2. wēi (wei1)danger • to endanger • Taiwan pr. [wei2]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

危害 
危机 (危機)
危险 (危險)

Uncommon

危及 
危急 
危房 
危楼 (危樓)
危难 (危難)
安危 
居安思危 
病危 

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  • 874th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 99 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lóu (lou2)house with more than 1 story • storied building • floor • CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

大楼 (大樓)
楼上 (樓上)
楼下 (樓下)
楼梯 (樓梯)
红楼梦 (紅樓夢)
跳楼 (跳樓)
钟楼 (鐘樓)

Uncommon

上楼 (上樓)
人去楼空 (人去樓空)
候机楼 (候機樓)
土楼 (土樓)
城楼 (城樓)
宿舍楼 (宿舍樓)
写字楼 (寫字樓)
教学楼 (教學樓)
更上一层楼 (更上一層樓)
楼主 (樓主)
楼层 (樓層)
楼市 (樓市)
楼房 (樓房)
楼梯口 (樓梯口)
楼盘 (樓盤)
楼台 (樓臺)
楼兰 (樓蘭)
楼道 (樓道)
楼顶 (樓頂)
海市蜃楼 (海市蜃樓)
茶楼 (茶樓)
办公楼 (辦公樓)
酒楼 (酒樓)
阁楼 (閣樓)
顶楼 (頂樓)
高楼 (高樓)
黄鹤楼 (黃鶴樓)
鼓楼 (鼓樓)
鼓楼区 (鼓樓區)

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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.