• 3066th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 9 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
广No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gēng (geng1)age • seventh of the 10 Heavenly Stems 十天干 • seventh in order • letter "G" or roman "VII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc • hepta

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for gēng (geng1)The component 广 is pronounced as 'guǎng' (guang3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

年庚 
 
庚午 
庚子 
庚戌 
庚申 
庚辰 
华罗庚 (華羅庚)
长庚 (長庚)
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  • 1002nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 27 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (wu3)7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

High Frequency

下午 

Medium Frequency

上午 
中午 
午夜 
午后 (午後)
午饭 (午飯)
午餐 
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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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