• 1058th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 40 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Tu2)surname Tu
2. (tu2)disciple • apprentice • believer • on foot • bare or empty • to no avail • only • prison sentence

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

徒劳 (徒勞)
徒弟 
徒步 
歹徒 
异教徒 (異教徒)
门徒 (門徒)

Medium Frequency

使徒 
信徒 
叛徒 
司徒 
囚徒 
基督徒 
学徒 (學徒)
安徒生 
师徒 (師徒)
徒刑 
徒劳无功 (徒勞無功)
徒手 
徒然 
教徒 
暴徒 
圣徒 (聖徒)
赌徒 (賭徒)
高徒 
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  • 814th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 28 words
  • Component in 13 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (di4)younger brother • junior male • I (modest word in letter)
2. (ti4)variant of 悌[ti4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

兄弟 
弟弟 

Medium Frequency

小弟 
 
弟子 
徒弟 
老弟 
表弟 
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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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