• 83rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.21% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 248 words
  • Component in 343 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiǎo (xiao3)small • tiny • few • young

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for xiǎo (xiao3)The component is pronounced as 'xiǎo' (xiao3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 
小时 (小時)

Medium Frequency

大小 
小丑 
小事 
小伙 
小伙子 
小偷 
小区 (小區)
小吃 
小品 
小妹 
小姐 
小姨 
小子 
小孩 
小学 (小學)
小学生 (小學生)
小小 
小屋 
小弟 
小心 
小心眼 
小心翼翼 
小时候 (小時候)
小朋友 
小样 (小樣)
小气 (小氣)
小狗 
小米 
小组 (小組)
小脚 (小腳)
小腿 
小号 (小號)
小说 (小說)
小贩 (小販)
小资 (小資)
小鸡 (小雞)
小雨 
小雪 
微小 
渺小 
胆小 (膽小)
胆小鬼 (膽小鬼)
蜡笔小新 (蠟筆小新)
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  • 880th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 15 words
  • Component in 17 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. péng (peng2)friend

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for péng (peng2)The component is pronounced as 'péng' (peng2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

朋友 

Medium Frequency

男朋友 
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  • 594th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 59 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
𠂇

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yǒu (you3)friend

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yǒu (you3)The component is pronounced as 'yòu' (you4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

好友 
朋友 

Medium Frequency

交友 
 
友情 
友谊 (友誼)
女友 
女朋友 
小朋友 
男友 
男朋友 
网友 (網友)
亲朋好友 (親朋好友)
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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.