• 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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  • 55th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.26% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 153 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. rán (ran2)correct • right • so • thus • like this • -ly

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for rán (ran2)The component is pronounced as 'rán' (ran2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

依然 
居然 
果然 
然后 (然後)
突然 
竟然 
自然 
虽然 (雖然)

Medium Frequency

不然 
仍然 
偶然 
坦然 
大自然 
天然 
已然 
必然 
忽然 
悄然 
既然 
淡然 
 
然而 
理所当然 (理所當然)
当然 (當然)
突然间 (突然間)
茫然 
释然 (釋然)
顺其自然 (順其自然)
显然 (顯然)
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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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