• 1014th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 85 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. juǎn (juan3)to roll up • roll • classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
2. juàn (juan4)scroll • book • volume • chapter • examination paper • classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll
3. juǎn (juan3)to roll (up) • to sweep up • to carry on • roll

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for juǎn (juan3)The component is pronounced as 'juǎn' (juan3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for juǎn (juan3)The component is pronounced as 'jié' (jie2). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for juàn (juan4)The component is pronounced as 'juǎn' (juan3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
4. Pronunciation clue for juàn (juan4)The component is pronounced as 'jié' (jie2). It has the same pinyin initial.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

卷子 
卷发 (卷髮)
问卷 (問卷)
春卷 (春捲)
试卷 (試卷)

Uncommon

交卷 
卷土重来 (卷土重來)
卷心菜 
卷起 
卷轴 (卷軸)
席卷 (席捲)
手卷 (手捲)
卷入 (捲入)
卷曲 (捲曲)
卷饼 (捲餅)
案卷 
残卷 (殘卷)
画卷 (畫卷)
白卷 
答卷 
考卷 
胶卷 (膠卷)
开卷 (開卷)
阅卷 (閱卷)
龙卷风 (龍捲風)

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  • 515th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 221 words
  • Component in 346 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Tu3)Tu (ethnic group) • surname Tu
2. (tu3)earth • dust • clay • local • indigenous • crude opium • unsophisticated • one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (tu3)The component is pronounced as '' (tu3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

土地 
土豆 

Uncommon

入土 
出土 
卷土重来 (卷土重來)
国土 (國土)
土人 
土包子 
土匪 
土司 
土壤 
土家族 
土星 
土木 
土楼 (土樓)
土特产 (土特產)
土生土长 (土生土長)
土耳其 
土著 
土豆泥 
土豪 
土鳖 (土鱉)
尘土 (塵土)
故土 
本土 
水土 
水土不服 
泥土 
净土 (淨土)
混凝土 
灰头土脸 (灰頭土臉)
破土 
稀土 
粘土 
粪土 (糞土)
乡土 (鄉土)
领土 (領土)
风土 (風土)
黄土 (黃土)

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  • 140th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.15% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 356 words
  • Component in 8 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chóng (chong2)to repeat • repetition • again • re- • classifier: layer
2. zhòng (zhong4)heavy • serious • to attach importance to

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

严重 (嚴重)
重新 
重要 

Uncommon

保重 
加重 
厚重 
多重 
尊重 
慎重 
沉重 
注重 
珍重 
看重 
稳重 (穩重)
自重 
贵重 (貴重)
超重 
郑重 (鄭重)
重伤 (重傷)
重启 (重啟)
重围 (重圍)
重大 
重建 
重心 
重庆 (重慶)
重案 
重温 (重溫)
重演 
重现 (重現)
重生 
重叠 (重疊)
重磅 
重组 (重組)
重复 (重複)
重要性 
重视 (重視)
重返 
重逢 
重重 
重量 
重金 
重点 (重點)
隆重 
体重 (體重)

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  • 15th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 308 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
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.

Appears In

also appears in:

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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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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