• 515th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 105 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

High Frequency

 
土地 
土豆 

Medium Frequency

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)
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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  • 4168th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 2 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yào (yao4)bright • glorious • one of the seven planets of pre-modern astronomy

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yào (yao4)The component is pronounced as '' (yu3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

High Frequency

金曜日 

Medium Frequency

土曜日 
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  • 101st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.19% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 197 words
  • Component in 664 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ri4)sun • day • date, day of the month • abbr. for 日本 Japan

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ri4)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (ri4)The component is pronounced as '' (ri4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:
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Example Words

High Frequency

今日 
 
日子 
生日 

Medium Frequency

假日 
即日 
向日葵 
夏日 
工作日 
平日 
往日 
成日 
日出 
日前 
日报 (日報)
日夜 
日常 
日式 
日后 (日後)
日日 
日历 (日曆)
日期 
日本 
日本人 
日照 
日落 
日记 (日記)
日志 (日誌)
日语 (日語)
早日 
明日 
昔日 
星期日 
昨日 
末日 
烈日 
节日 (節日)
纪念日 (紀念日)
近日 
周日 (週日)
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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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