• 2378th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 19 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shào (shao4)a whistle • sentry

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

花哨 

Uncommon

前哨 
口哨 
吹口哨 
吹哨 
哨兵 
哨子 
哨所 

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  • 398th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 156 words
  • Component in 15 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bīng (bing1)soldiers • a force • an army • weapons • arms • military • warlike • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for bīng (bing1)The component is pronounced as 'bīng' (bing1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

兵器 
士兵 
奇兵 
特种兵 (特種兵)

Uncommon

兵刃 
兵力 
兵团 (兵團)
兵法 
兵营 (兵營)
兵马俑 (兵馬俑)
出兵 
官兵 
招兵买马 (招兵買馬)
新兵 
当兵 (當兵)
老兵 
骑兵 (騎兵)

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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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