• 1133rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 64 words
  • Component in 10 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Wu2)surname Wu • area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai • name of states in Southern China at different historical periods

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

吴国 (吳國)
东吴 (東吳)

Uncommon

吴中区 (吳中區)
吴侬软语 (吳儂軟語)
吴哥窟 (吳哥窟)
吴尊 (吳尊)
吴川 (吳川)
吴川市 (吳川市)
吴建豪 (吳建豪)
吴忠 (吳忠)
吴承恩 (吳承恩)
吴桥 (吳橋)
吴江 (吳江)
吴江市 (吳江市)
吴用 (吳用)
吴兴区 (吳興區)
吴语 (吳語)
吴越 (吳越)
吴邦国 (吳邦國)
吴镇宇 (吳鎮宇)

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  • 1107th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 146 words
  • Component in 53 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chuān (chuan1)river • creek • plain • an area of level country • abbr. for Sichuan Province 四川 in southwest China

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for chuān (chuan1)The component is pronounced as 'chuān' (chuan1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

四川 

Uncommon

一马平川 (一馬平川)
仁川 
冰川 
利川 
北川 
南川 
合川 
吴川 (吳川)
吴川市 (吳川市)
周小川 
四川省 
宜川 
崇川区 (崇川區)
川剧 (川劇)
川沙 
川流不息 
川菜 
川西 
平川 
东川 (東川)
永川 
汶川 
河川 
汉川 (漢川)
临川 (臨川)
银川 (銀川)
铜川 (銅川)
陆川 (陸川)
龙川 (龍川)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.