1. 好
  2. 使

好

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  • 82nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.21% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 223 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
好→
女子
2Radical
好→
女woman子child
3Graphical
好→
㇛一丿㇇亅一

Pinyin & Meaning

1. hǎo (hao3)good • well • proper • good to • easy to • very • so • (suffix indicating completion or readiness) • to be in love (e.g. 学姐，你跟他好了，就不怕代沟么？)
2. hào (hao4)to be fond of • to have a tendency to • to be prone to

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

好 also appears in:
孬

Example Words

Common

好久 
好像 
好友 
好多 
好好 
好看 
美好 

Uncommon

刚好 (剛好)
友好 
只好 
好不容易 
好似 
好吃 
好喝 
好在 
好奇 
好几 (好幾)
好心 
好意思 
好玩 
好用 
好笑 
好听 (好聽)
好色 
好处 (好處)
好运 (好運)
安好 
幸好 
爱好 (愛好)
爱好者 (愛好者)
最好 
正好 
看好 
良好 
亲朋好友 (親朋好友)
讨好 (討好)
说好 (說好)
还好 (還好)

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使

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  • 119th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.16% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 118 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
使→
亻吏
2Radical
使→
亻human十ten口mouth丨line乂N/A
3Graphical
使→
㇒丨一丨口丨乂

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shǐ (shi3)to make • to cause • to enable • to use • to employ • to send • to instruct sb to do sth • envoy • messenger

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 使 shǐ (shi3)The component 吏 is pronounced as 'lì' (li4). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for 使 shǐ (shi3)The component 十 is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
3. Pronunciation clue for 使 shǐ (shi3)The component 丨 is pronounced as 'shù' (shu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
4. Pronunciation clue for 使 shǐ (shi3)The component 乂 is pronounced as 'yì' (yi4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

使用 
即使 
天使 

Uncommon

使劲 (使勁)
使命 
使得 
使用者 
使者 
使馆 (使館)
促使 
大使 
好使 
纵使 (縱使)

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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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