• 538th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 15 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gòu (gou4)to reach • to be enough

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for gòu (gou4)The component is pronounced as 'gōu' (gou1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for gòu (gou4)The component is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

能够 (能夠)

Uncommon

受够 (受夠)
足够 (足夠)

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  • 538th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 15 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gòu (gou4)to reach • to be enough

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for gòu (gou4)The component is pronounced as 'gōu' (gou1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for gòu (gou4)The component is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

能够 (能夠)

Uncommon

受够 (受夠)
足够 (足夠)

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  • 1279th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 76 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gǒu (gou3)dog • CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for gǒu (gou3)The component is pronounced as 'gōu' (gou1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for gǒu (gou3)The component is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

小狗 
狗屁 
狗屎 

Uncommon

打狗 
搜狗 
热狗 (熱狗)
狗仔队 (狗仔隊)
狗吠 
狗日 
狗熊 
狗窝 (狗窩)
狗肉 
狗血 
狼心狗肺 
走狗 
遛狗 

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  • 2880th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 12 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gǒu (Gou3)surname Gou
2. gǒu (gou3)if • supposing • careless • negligent • temporarily

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for gǒu (gou3)The component is pronounced as 'gōu' (gou1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for gǒu (gou3)The component is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

苟且 

Uncommon

一丝不苟 (一絲不苟)
苟同 
苟延残喘 (苟延殘喘)

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  • 5392nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 0 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gǒu (gou3)basket for trapping fish

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for gǒu (gou3)The component is pronounced as 'gōu' (gou1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for gǒu (gou3)The component is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

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  • 4557th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 4 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gōu (gou1)Acgle sepiaria
2. gǒu (gou3)Chinese wolfberry (Lycium chinense) • same as gǒuqǐ 枸杞
3. (ju3)Citrus medica

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for gōu (gou1)The component is pronounced as 'gōu' (gou1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for gōu (gou1)The component is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for gǒu (gou3)The component is pronounced as 'gōu' (gou1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
4. Pronunciation clue for gǒu (gou3)The component is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin final.
5. Pronunciation clue for (ju3)The component is pronounced as '' (ju4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
6. Pronunciation clue for (ju3)The component is pronounced as '' (mu4). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Uncommon

枸杞 

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  • 5850th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 0 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gǒu (gou3)name of a hill in Hunan

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for gǒu (gou3)The component is pronounced as 'gōu' (gou1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for gǒu (gou3)The component is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin final.

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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