• 515th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 221 words
  • Component in 346 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Tu3)Tu (ethnic group) • surname Tu
2. (tu3)earth • dust • clay • local • indigenous • crude opium • unsophisticated • one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (tu3)The component is pronounced as '' (tu3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

土地 
土豆 

Uncommon

入土 
出土 
卷土重来 (卷土重來)
国土 (國土)
土人 
土包子 
土匪 
土司 
土壤 
土家族 
土星 
土木 
土楼 (土樓)
土特产 (土特產)
土生土长 (土生土長)
土耳其 
土著 
土豆泥 
土豪 
土鳖 (土鱉)
尘土 (塵土)
故土 
本土 
水土 
水土不服 
泥土 
净土 (淨土)
混凝土 
灰头土脸 (灰頭土臉)
破土 
稀土 
粘土 
粪土 (糞土)
乡土 (鄉土)
领土 (領土)
风土 (風土)
黄土 (黃土)

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  • 1651st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 49 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (tu3)to spit • to put • to say
2. (tu4)to vomit • to throw up

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (tu3)The component is pronounced as '' (tu3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (tu4)The component is pronounced as '' (tu3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

吐司 
呕吐 (嘔吐)
谈吐 (談吐)

Uncommon

催吐 
倾吐 (傾吐)
吐口 
吐字 
吐故纳新 (吐故納新)
吐气 (吐氣)
吐痰 
吐艳 (吐艷)
吐苦水 
吐露 
吐鲁番 (吐魯番)
吞吞吐吐 
吞云吐雾 (吞雲吐霧)
呕吐物 (嘔吐物)

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  • 4628th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 0 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (tu3)thorium (chemistry)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (tu3)The component is pronounced as '' (tu3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

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  • 4628th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 0 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (tu3)thorium (chemistry)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (tu3)The component is pronounced as '' (tu3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

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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