• 21st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.50% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 285 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. de (de5)-ly • structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
2. (di4)earth • ground • field • place • land • CL:片[pian4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for de (de5)The component is pronounced as '' (ye3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 
地主 
地址 
地方 

Medium Frequency

不败之地 (不敗之地)
内地 (內地)
原地 
土地 
地上 
地下 
地位 
地区 (地區)
地图 (地圖)
地域 
地坛 (地壇)
地带 (地帶)
地板 
地步 
地毯 
地牢 
地狱 (地獄)
地球 
地理 
地瓜 
地产 (地產)
地盘 (地盤)
地道 
地铁 (地鐵)
地铁站 (地鐵站)
地震 
地面 
地点 (地點)
基地 
场地 (場地)
墓地 
外地 
大地 
天地 
天崩地裂 
天旋地转 (天旋地轉)
天长地久 (天長地久)
失地 
奥地利 (奧地利)
工地 
心地 
战地 (戰地)
房地产 (房地產)
扫地 (掃地)
本地 
欢天喜地 (歡天喜地)
死心塌地 
特地 
异地 (異地)
异地恋 (異地戀)
当地 (當地)
目的地 
圣地 (聖地)
脚踏实地 (腳踏實地)
草地 
落地 
谈天说地 (談天說地)
谢天谢地 (謝天謝地)
质地 (質地)
遍地 
阵地 (陣地)
随地 (隨地)
领地 (領地)
余地 (餘地)
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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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