• 935th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 48 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. hán (han2)to keep • to contain • to suck (keep in your mouth without chewing)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

含有 
含量 

Uncommon

包含 
含笑 
含糊 
含义 (含義)
含蓄 
含钙 (含鈣)
蕴含 (蘊含)

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  • 2044th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 27 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiū (xiu1)shy • ashamed • shame • bashful • variant of 饈|馐[xiu1] • delicacies

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

害羞 

Uncommon

恼羞成怒 (惱羞成怒)
羞怯 
羞耻 (羞恥)
羞愧 
羞涩 (羞澀)
羞辱 

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  • 787th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 200 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. cǎo (cao3)grass • straw • manuscript • draft (of a document) • careless • rough • CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
2. cào (cao4)variant of 肏[cao4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for cǎo (cao3)The component is pronounced as 'zǎo' (zao3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for cǎo (cao3)The component is pronounced as 'cǎo' (cao3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
3. Pronunciation clue for cào (cao4)The component is pronounced as 'zǎo' (zao3). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for cào (cao4)The component is pronounced as 'cǎo' (cao3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

皮草 
草根 
草莓 

Uncommon

三叶草 (三葉草)
仙草 
含羞草 
拈花惹草 
本草 
校草 
水草 
沾花惹草 
烟草 (煙草)
甘草 
稻草 
稻草人 
粮草 (糧草)
绿草 (綠草)
花草 
草包 
草原 
草丛 (草叢)
草地 
草坪 
草帽 
草木 
草本 
草案 
草泥马 (草泥馬)
草率 
草稿 
草草 
草菇 
草药 (草藥)
草酸 
薰衣草 
虫草 (蟲草)
野草 
杂草 (雜草)
青草 
香草 

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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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