• 143rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 440 words
  • Component in 353 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shǒu (shou3)hand • (formal) to hold • person engaged in certain types of work • person skilled in certain types of work • personal(ly) • convenient • CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shǒu (shou3)The component is pronounced as 'shǒu' (shou3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

分手 
射手 
射手座 
手机 (手機)
手气 (手氣)

Uncommon

一手 
上手 
下手 
二手 
二手房 
人手 
伸手 
凶手 (兇手)
入手 
出手 
到手 
助手 
动手 (動手)
右手 
对手 (對手)
左手 
帮手 (幫手)
手下 
手册 (手冊)
手动 (手動)
手势 (手勢)
手套 
手写 (手寫)
手工 
手心 
手指 
手掌 
手提包 
手段 
手法 
手稿 
手续 (手續)
手续费 (手續費)
手腕 
手脚 (手腳)
手臂 
手艺 (手藝)
手术 (手術)
手表 (手錶)
手链 (手鏈)
手镯 (手鐲)
手头 (手頭)
把手 
拉手 
招手 
拱手 
拿手 
措手不及 
握手 
挥手 (揮手)
抢手 (搶手)
携手 (攜手)
放手 
新手 
枪手 (槍手)
歌手 
杀手 (殺手)
洗手 
牵手 (牽手)
空手 
联手 (聯手)
能手 
举手 (舉手)
举手投足 (舉手投足)
着手 (著手)
亲手 (親手)
选手 (選手)
释手 (釋手)
随手 (隨手)
顺手 (順手)
高手 

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  • 1014th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 85 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. juǎn (juan3)to roll up • roll • classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
2. juàn (juan4)scroll • book • volume • chapter • examination paper • classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll
3. juǎn (juan3)to roll (up) • to sweep up • to carry on • roll

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for juǎn (juan3)The component is pronounced as 'juǎn' (juan3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for juǎn (juan3)The component is pronounced as 'jié' (jie2). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for juàn (juan4)The component is pronounced as 'juǎn' (juan3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
4. Pronunciation clue for juàn (juan4)The component is pronounced as 'jié' (jie2). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

卷子 
卷发 (卷髮)
问卷 (問卷)
春卷 (春捲)
试卷 (試卷)

Uncommon

交卷 
卷土重来 (卷土重來)
卷心菜 
卷起 
卷轴 (卷軸)
席卷 (席捲)
手卷 (手捲)
卷入 (捲入)
卷曲 (捲曲)
卷饼 (捲餅)
案卷 
残卷 (殘卷)
画卷 (畫卷)
白卷 
答卷 
考卷 
胶卷 (膠卷)
开卷 (開卷)
阅卷 (閱卷)
龙卷风 (龍捲風)

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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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