宿

  • 1750th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 74 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
宿
3Graphical
宿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Su4)surname Su
2. (su4)lodge for the night • old • former
3. xiǔ (xiu3)night • classifier for nights
4. xiù (xiu4)constellation

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

宿 also appears in:

Example Words

Common

宿命 
宿舍 

Uncommon

住宿 
借宿 
宿舍楼 (宿舍樓)
宿醉 
寄宿 
归宿 (歸宿)
露宿 

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  • 1342nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 60 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shě (she3)to give up • to abandon • to give alms
2. shè (She4)surname She
3. shè (she4)residence

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

不舍 (不捨)
宿舍 
舍得 (捨得)

Uncommon

依依不舍 
割舍 
取舍 (取捨)
恋恋不舍 (戀戀不捨)
舍弃 (捨棄)
施舍 (施捨)

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  • 874th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 99 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lóu (lou2)house with more than 1 story • storied building • floor • CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for lóu (lou2)The component is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

大楼 (大樓)
楼上 (樓上)
楼下 (樓下)
楼梯 (樓梯)
红楼梦 (紅樓夢)
跳楼 (跳樓)
钟楼 (鐘樓)

Uncommon

上楼 (上樓)
人去楼空 (人去樓空)
候机楼 (候機樓)
土楼 (土樓)
城楼 (城樓)
宿舍楼 (宿舍樓)
写字楼 (寫字樓)
教学楼 (教學樓)
更上一层楼 (更上一層樓)
楼主 (樓主)
楼层 (樓層)
楼市 (樓市)
楼房 (樓房)
楼梯口 (樓梯口)
楼盘 (樓盤)
楼台 (樓臺)
楼兰 (樓蘭)
楼道 (樓道)
楼顶 (樓頂)
海市蜃楼 (海市蜃樓)
茶楼 (茶樓)
办公楼 (辦公樓)
酒楼 (酒樓)
阁楼 (閣樓)
顶楼 (頂樓)
高楼 (高樓)
黄鹤楼 (黃鶴樓)
鼓楼 (鼓樓)
鼓楼区 (鼓樓區)

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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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