• 137th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 58 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wèn (wen4)to ask

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for wèn (wen4)The component is pronounced as 'mén' (men2). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

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问候 (問候)
问题 (問題)

Medium Frequency

问卷 (問卷)
问好 (問好)
问心无愧 (問心無愧)
问答 (問答)
问道 (問道)
问鼎 (問鼎)
学问 (學問)
慰问 (慰問)
提问 (提問)
疑问 (疑問)
访问 (訪問)
询问 (詢問)
请问 (請問)
追问 (追問)
顾问 (顧問)
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  • 52nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.28% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 222 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dào (dao4)direction • way • road • path • principle • truth • morality • reason • skill • method • Dao (of Daoism) • to say • to speak • to talk • classifier for long thin stretches, rivers, roads etc • province (of Korea do 도, and formerly Japan dō) • CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

知道 

Medium Frequency

出道 
北海道 
厚道 
同道 
味道 
问道 (問道)
国道 (國道)
地道 
报道 (報道)
大道 
微不足道 
志同道合 
有道 
正道 
渠道 
王道 
肠道 (腸道)
街道 
说道 (說道)
车道 (車道)
轨道 (軌道)
通道 
 
道具 
道别 (道別)
道德 
道歉 
道理 
道路 
隧道 
难道 (難道)
霸道 
频道 (頻道)
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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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