• 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.
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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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  • 1611th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 50 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (pu4)variant of 鋪|铺[pu4] • store
2. (pu1)to spread • to display • to set up • (old) holder for door-knocker
3. (pu4)plank bed • place to sleep • shop • store • (old) relay station

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (pu4)The component is pronounced as '' (fu3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (pu4)The component is pronounced as 'zhǔ' (zhu3). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for (pu1)The component is pronounced as '' (fu3). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for (pu1)The component is pronounced as 'zhǔ' (zhu3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

店铺 (店鋪)
卧铺 (臥鋪)

Uncommon

商铺 (商舖)
床铺 (床鋪)
卷铺盖 (捲鋪蓋)
当铺 (當舖)
铺位 (鋪位)
铺垫 (鋪墊)
铺天盖地 (鋪天蓋地)
铺子 (鋪子)
铺平 (鋪平)
铺床 (鋪床)
铺张浪费 (鋪張浪費)
铺盖 (鋪蓋)
铺设 (鋪設)
铺路 (鋪路)
铺陈 (鋪陳)
铺面 (鋪面)

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  • 1050th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 85 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Ge3)surname Ge
2. gài (gai4)lid • top • cover • canopy • to cover • to conceal • to build

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

掩盖 (掩蓋)
膝盖 (膝蓋)
覆盖 (覆蓋)
锅盖 (鍋蓋)

Uncommon

冰盖 (冰蓋)
劈头盖脸 (劈頭蓋臉)
加盖 (加蓋)
封盖 (封蓋)
后盖 (後蓋)
卷铺盖 (捲鋪蓋)
欲盖弥彰 (欲蓋彌彰)
涵盖 (涵蓋)
翻盖 (翻蓋)
华盖 (華蓋)
盖上 (蓋上)
盖世 (蓋世)
盖子 (蓋子)
盖帽 (蓋帽)
盖浇饭 (蓋澆飯)
盖章 (蓋章)
盖茨 (蓋茨)
盖头 (蓋頭)
盖饭 (蓋飯)
覆盖率 (覆蓋率)
遮盖 (遮蓋)
铺天盖地 (鋪天蓋地)
铺盖 (鋪蓋)

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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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