• 509th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 267 words
  • Component in 28 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Gu3)surname Gu
2. (gu3)ancient • old • paleo-

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

古代 
古城 
古老 
复古 (復古)

Uncommon

上古 
亘古 (亙古)
仿古 
内蒙古 (內蒙古)
千古 
古人 
古今 
古来 (古來)
古典 
古刹 (古剎)
古堡 
古宅 
古巴 
古怪 
古惑仔 
古文 
古时 (古時)
古时候 (古時候)
古板 
古朴 (古樸)
古玩 
古琴 
古田 
古筝 (古箏)
古色古香 
古董 
古装剧 (古裝劇)
古诗 (古詩)
古语 (古語)
古迹 (古跡)
古道 
古都 
古风 (古風)
古龙 (古龍)
名古屋 
尼古丁 
朱古力 
盘古 (盤古)
考古 
考古学家 (考古學家)
自古 
自古以来 (自古以來)
茶马古道 (茶馬古道)
蒙古 
蒙古包 
蒙古族 
远古 (遠古)

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  • 1855th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 24 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhái (zhai2)residence • (coll.) to stay in at home • to hang around at home

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhái (zhai2)The component is pronounced as 'zhé' (zhe2). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

宅女 
宅男 

Uncommon

住宅 
豪宅 

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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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