• 187th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.11% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 136 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. cháng (Chang2)surname Chang
2. cháng (chang2)always • ever • often • frequently • common • general • constant

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

正常 
经常 (經常)
非常 

Uncommon

家常 
家常菜 
寻常 (尋常)
常客 
常州 
常常 
常见 (常見)
常规 (常規)
常识 (常識)
平常 
往常 
日常 
时常 (時常)
无常 (無常)
照常 
异常 (異常)
通常 

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  • 1286th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 24 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhù (zhu4)to halt • to stay • to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhù (zhu4)The component is pronounced as 'zhǔ' (zhu3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

进驻 (進駐)
驻足 (駐足)

Uncommon

常驻 (常駐)
留驻 (留駐)
驻京 (駐京)
驻地 (駐地)
驻守 (駐守)
驻扎 (駐紮)
驻华 (駐華)
驻军 (駐軍)

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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.