• 1934th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 49 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qiào (qiao4)shell • carapace • crust (earth's crust etc) • also pr. [ke2]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

外壳 (外殼)
脑壳 (腦殻)
贝壳 (貝殼)

Uncommon

地壳 (地殼)
屎壳郎 (屎殼郎)
壳儿 (殼兒)
甲壳虫 (甲殼蟲)
硬壳 (硬殼)
脱壳 (脫殼)
蛋壳 (蛋殼)
躯壳 (軀殼)
龟壳 (龜殼)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.