• 143rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 278 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

High Frequency

分手 
 
手机 (手機)

Medium Frequency

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 
射手 
射手座 
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 
手工 
手心 
手指 
手掌 
手提包 
手段 
手气 (手氣)
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 
拿手 
握手 
挥手 (揮手)
携手 (攜手)
放手 
新手 
枪手 (槍手)
歌手 
杀手 (殺手)
洗手 
牵手 (牽手)
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)
随手 (隨手)
顺手 (順手)
高手 
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  • 825th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 23 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. máng (mang2)busy • hurriedly • to hurry • to rush

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for máng (mang2)The component is pronounced as 'wáng' (wang2). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

High Frequency

帮忙 (幫忙)
 

Medium Frequency

忙碌 
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  • 788th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 84 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiǎo (jiao3)foot • leg • base • kick • CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
2. jué (jue2)role

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiǎo (jiao3)The component is pronounced as 'jié' (jie2). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for jué (jue2)The component is pronounced as 'què' (que4). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for jué (jue2)The component is pronounced as 'yuè' (yue4). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for jué (jue2)The component is pronounced as 'jié' (jie2). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 ()
脚步 (腳步)

Medium Frequency

光脚 (光腳)
动手动脚 (動手動腳)
合脚 (合腳)
垫脚石 (墊腳石)
大脚 (大腳)
小脚 (小腳)
山脚 (山腳)
手忙脚乱 (手忙腳亂)
手脚 (手腳)
抱佛脚 (抱佛腳)
拳打脚踢 (拳打腳踢)
拳脚 (拳腳)
指手画脚 (指手畫腳)
笨手笨脚 (笨手笨腳)
绊脚石 (絆腳石)
脚下 (腳下)
脚丫子 (腳丫子)
脚印 (腳印)
脚尖 (腳尖)
脚底 (腳底)
脚掌 (腳掌)
脚本 (腳本)
脚板 (腳板)
脚趾 (腳趾)
脚跟 (腳跟)
脚踏 (腳踏)
脚踏实地 (腳踏實地)
脚踏车 (腳踏車)
脚踝 (腳踝)
腿脚 (腿腳)
落脚 (落腳)
赤脚 (赤腳)
赶脚 (趕腳)
踮脚 (踮腳)
蹩脚 (蹩腳)
鸡脚 (雞腳)
头重脚轻 (頭重腳輕)
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  • 764th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 75 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. luàn (luan4)in confusion or disorder • in a confused state of mind • disorder • upheaval • riot • illicit sexual relations • to throw into disorder • to mix up • indiscriminate • random • arbitrary

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 ()
乱世 (亂世)

Medium Frequency

乱七八糟 (亂七八糟)
乱世佳人 (亂世佳人)
乱糟糟 (亂糟糟)
凌乱 (凌亂)
慌乱 (慌亂)
手忙脚乱 (手忙腳亂)
捣乱 (搗亂)
扰乱 (擾亂)
活蹦乱跳 (活蹦亂跳)
混乱 (混亂)
紊乱 (紊亂)
缭乱 (繚亂)
胡乱 (胡亂)
胡思乱想 (胡思亂想)
胡言乱语 (胡言亂語)
错乱 (錯亂)
杂乱 (雜亂)
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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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