• 809th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 132 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bǎo (bao3)jewel • gem • treasure • precious

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for bǎo (bao3)The component is pronounced as 'bèi' (bei4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

宝宝 (寶寶)
宝贝 (寶貝)

Uncommon

元宝 (元寶)
国宝 (國寶)
大宝 (大寶)
宝典 (寶典)
宝安 (寶安)
宝安区 (寶安區)
宝山 (寶山)
宝库 (寶庫)
宝物 (寶物)
宝玉 (寶玉)
宝石 (寶石)
宝莱坞 (寶萊塢)
宝藏 (寶藏)
宝贝儿 (寶貝兒)
宝贵 (寶貴)
宝鸡 (寶雞)
宝马 (寶馬)
寻宝 (尋寶)
法宝 (法寶)
淘宝网 (淘寶網)
温家宝 (溫家寶)
珍宝 (珍寶)
珠宝 (珠寶)
绿宝石 (綠寶石)
聚宝盆 (聚寶盆)

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  • 867th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 44 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
humanoneNo glyph availableknife
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiàn (jian4)double-edged sword • CL:口[kou3],把[ba3] • classifier for blows of a sword

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiàn (jian4)The component is pronounced as 'qiān' (qian1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

剑客 (劍客)
剑桥 (劍橋)

Uncommon

利剑 (利劍)
剑川 (劍川)
剑拔弩张 (劍拔弩張)
剑河 (劍河)
剑法 (劍法)
剑术 (劍術)
剑道 (劍道)
剑阁 (劍閣)
口蜜腹剑 (口蜜腹劍)
唇枪舌剑 (唇槍舌劍)
宝剑 (寶劍)
击剑 (擊劍)
舞剑 (舞劍)

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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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