• 780th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 80 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
𠂇

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zuǒ (Zuo3)surname Zuo
2. zuǒ (zuo3)left • the Left (politics) • east • unorthodox • queer • wrong • differing • opposite • variant of 佐[zuo3]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

左右 

Uncommon

向左 
左下 
左侧 (左側)
左右逢源 
左岸 
左手 
左撇子 
左转 (左轉)
左边 (左邊)
左顾右盼 (左顧右盼)

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  • 813th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 55 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Gu4)surname Gu
2. (gu4)to look after • to take into consideration • to attend to

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

回顾 (回顧)
照顾 (照顧)
顾客 (顧客)

Uncommon

不屑一顾 (不屑一顧)
不顾 (不顧)
光顾 (光顧)
兼顾 (兼顧)
只顾 (只顧)
奋不顾身 (奮不顧身)
左顾右盼 (左顧右盼)
眷顾 (眷顧)
义无反顾 (義無反顧)
顾及 (顧及)
顾问 (顧問)
顾忌 (顧忌)
顾虑 (顧慮)

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  • 781st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 66 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
𠂇

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yòu (you4)right (-hand) • the Right (politics) • west (old)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yòu (you4)The component is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

右边 (右邊)
左右 

Uncommon

右侧 (右側)
右手 
向右 
左右逢源 
左顾右盼 (左顧右盼)

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  • 2169th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 12 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. pàn (pan4)to hope for • to long for • to expect

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

期盼 

Uncommon

企盼 
盼望 
盼头 (盼頭)

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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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