• 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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  • 546th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 361 words
  • Component in 19 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
lineNo glyph availablelinesecond
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Ba1)Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan) • abbr. for east Sichuan or Chongqing • surname Ba • abbr. for Palestine or Palestinian • abbr. for Pakistan
2. (ba1)to long for • to wish • to cling to • to stick to • sth that sticks • close to • next to • spread open • informal abbr. for bus 巴士 • bar (unit of pressure) • nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴, tail

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ba1)The component is pronounced as '' (ya4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

下巴 
嘴巴 
大巴 
尾巴 
巴掌 
巴西 
巴黎 
星巴克 

Uncommon

中巴 
古巴 
哑巴 (啞巴)
多巴胺 
奥巴马 (奧巴馬)
巴不得 
巴厘岛 (巴厘島)
巴基斯坦 
巴塞罗那 (巴塞羅那)
巴士 
巴士站 
巴斯 
巴比伦 (巴比倫)
巴结 (巴結)
巴赫 
斯巴达 (斯巴達)
欧巴桑 (歐巴桑)
沙巴 
泥巴 
津巴布韦 (津巴布韋)
淋巴 
淋巴瘤 
毕尔巴鄂 (畢爾巴鄂)
眨巴 
眼巴巴 
结巴 (結巴)
结结巴巴 (結結巴巴)
乡巴佬 (鄉巴佬)
锅巴 (鍋巴)
阿里巴巴 
鸡巴 (雞巴)
黎巴嫩 

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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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