• 2046th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 74 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. diào (diao4)to suspend • to hang up • to hang a person
2. diào (diao4)a string of 100 cash (arch.) • to lament • to condole with

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

上吊 
吊带 (吊帶)
吊灯 (吊燈)
吊瓶 
提心吊胆 (提心吊膽)

Uncommon

半吊子 
吊儿郎当 (吊兒郎當)
吊坠 (吊墜)
吊带衫 (吊帶衫)
吊床 
吊扇 
吊挂 (吊掛)
吊桥 (吊橋)
吊死 
吊环 (吊環)
吊绳 (吊繩)
吊兰 (吊蘭)
吊起 
吊车 (吊車)
吊销 (吊銷)
塔吊 
凭吊 (憑弔)

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  • 1066th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 54 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chuáng (chuang2)bed • couch • classifier for beds • CL:張|张[zhang1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for chuáng (chuang2)The component 广 is pronounced as 'guǎng' (guang3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

起床 

Uncommon

上床 
床单 (床單)
床头 (床頭)
赖床 (賴床)

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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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