• 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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  • 1770th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 46 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tóng (tong2)copper (chemistry) • see also 紅銅|红铜[hong2 tong2] • CL:塊|块[kuai4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for tóng (tong2)The component is pronounced as 'tóng' (tong2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for tóng (tong2)The component is pronounced as 'tòng' (tong4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

铜牌 (銅牌)
青铜 (青銅)

Uncommon

古铜色 (古銅色)
铜仁 (銅仁)
铜像 (銅像)
铜器 (銅器)
铜川 (銅川)
铜板 (銅板)
铜梁 (銅梁)
铜铃 (銅鈴)
铜锣 (銅鑼)
铜锣湾 (銅鑼灣)
铜锣烧 (銅鑼燒)
铜陵 (銅陵)
铜鼓 (銅鼓)
青铜器 (青銅器)
黄铜 (黃銅)

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  • 304th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 310 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (se4)color • CL:種|种[zhong3] • look • appearance • sex
2. shǎi (shai3)color • dice

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (se4)The component is pronounced as '' (se4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for shǎi (shai3)The component is pronounced as 'shǎi' (shai3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

彩色 
本色 
白色 
红色 (紅色)
角色 
颜色 (顏色)
黑色 

Uncommon

三色 
以色列 
出色 
咖啡色 
夜色 
天色 
好色 
姿色 
春色 
景色 
月色 
有色 
棕色 
橙色 
气色 (氣色)
深色 
浅色 (淺色)
清一色 
灰色 
特色 
粉红色 (粉紅色)
粉色 
紫色 
绿色 (綠色)
肤色 (膚色)
脸色 (臉色)
色彩 
色情 
色斑 
色泽 (色澤)
色狼 
色素 
色调 (色調)
蓝色 (藍色)
血色 
褪色 
变色 (變色)
金色 
金黄色 (金黃色)
银色 (銀色)
面色 
黄色 (黃色)
黑色素 

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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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