• 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.
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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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  • 537th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 286 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xīng (xing1)star • satellite • small amount

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

三星 
明星 
星座 
星星 
星期 

Uncommon

五星 
五星级 (五星級)
克星 (剋星)
寿星 (壽星)
外星人 
女星 
巨星 
新星 
星光 
星巴克 
星期一 
星期三 
星期二 
星期五 
星期六 
星期四 
星期天 
星期几 (星期幾)
星期日 
星球 
星空 
星级 (星級)
星辰 
星际 (星際)
木星 
歌星 
流星 
流星雨 
火星 
球星 
男星 
福星 
红星 (紅星)
繁星 
卫星 (衛星)
金星 
零星 

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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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