• 1283rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 36 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bēn (ben1)to hurry • to rush • to run quickly • to elope
2. bèn (ben4)to go to • to head for • towards

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

奔放 
奔波 

Uncommon

奔赴 
奔跑 
奔驰 (奔馳)
奔腾 (奔騰)
私奔 
飞奔 (飛奔)

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  • 207th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 167 words
  • Component in 40 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zǒu (zou3)to walk • to go • to run • to move (of vehicle) • to visit • to leave • to go away • to die (euph.) • from • through • away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走) • to change (shape, form, meaning)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zǒu (zou3)The component is pronounced as 'zǒu' (zou3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

带走 (帶走)
行走 
走出 
走向 
走着瞧 (走著瞧)
走路 
走进 (走進)

Uncommon

出走 
奔走 
夺走 (奪走)
好走 
抓走 
拖走 
拿走 
搬走 
抢走 (搶走)
放走 
溜走 
临走 (臨走)
行尸走肉 (行屍走肉)
走人 
走光 
走入 
走动 (走動)
走势 (走勢)
走去 
走失 
走廊 
走掉 
走散 
走火 
走神 
走秀 
走红 (走紅)
走亲访友 (走親訪友)
走访 (走訪)
走运 (走運)
走过 (走過)
走错 (走錯)
走开 (走開)
走音 
赶走 (趕走)
送走 
逃走 
游走 (遊走)
开走 (開走)
离家出走 (離家出走)
驱走 (驅走)

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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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