• 343rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 75 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
𠂇

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dǎo (dao3)to transmit • to lead • to guide • to conduct • to direct

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dǎo (dao3)The component is pronounced as 'dào' (dao4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

High Frequency

导演 (導演)
导致 (導致)
导航 (導航)
领导 (領導)

Medium Frequency

主导 (主導)
倡导 (倡導)
执导 (執導)
报导 (報導)
 ()
导向 (導向)
导师 (導師)
导弹 (導彈)
导读 (導讀)
导购 (導購)
导游 (導遊)
引导 (引導)
指导 (指導)
推导 (推導)
教导 (教導)
疏导 (疏導)
编导 (編導)
自导 (自導)
误导 (誤導)
辅导 (輔導)
辅导员 (輔導員)
开导 (開導)
领导人 (領導人)
领导者 (領導者)
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  • 146th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 70 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiàng (Xiang4)surname Xiang
2. xiàng (xiang4)towards • to face • to turn towards • direction • to support • to side with • shortly before • formerly • always • all along

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

 
方向 

Medium Frequency

一向 
倾向 (傾向)
内向 (內向)
向上 
向下 
向来 (向來)
向前 
向右 
向日葵 
向往 (嚮往)
走向 
转向 (轉向)
面向 (面嚮)
风向 (風向)
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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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