• 223rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 356 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (da2)dozen
2. (da3)to beat • to strike • to hit • to break • to type • to mix up • to build • to fight • to fetch • to make • to tie up • to issue • to shoot • to calculate • to play (a game) • since • from

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (da2)The component is pronounced as 'dīng' (ding1). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for (da3)The component is pronounced as 'dīng' (ding1). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

打工 
打扮 
打扫 (打掃)
打击 (打擊)
打扰 (打擾)
打架 
打死 
打牌 
打算 
打造 
打开 (打開)

Uncommon

一网打尽 (一網打盡)
打下 
打交道 
打仗 
打来 (打來)
打倒 
打分 
打劫 
打动 (打動)
打包 
打卡 
打印 
打印机 (打印機)
打呼 
打呼噜 (打呼嚕)
打嗝 
打喷嚏 (打噴嚏)
打字 
打底 
打折 
打招呼 
打拼 
打擂台 (打擂臺)
打搅 (打攪)
打败 (打敗)
打断 (打斷)
打气 (打氣)
打法 
打消 
打滚 (打滾)
打火机 (打火機)
打烊 
打爆 
打猎 (打獵)
打球 
打理 
打发 (打發)
打盹 
打瞌睡 
打破 
打碎 
打磨 
打结 (打結)
打翻 
打听 (打聽)
打赌 (打賭)
打车 (打車)
打转 (打轉)
打通 
打进 (打進)
打量 
打针 (打針)
打错 (打錯)
打雷 
打响 (打響)
打斗 (打鬥)
打点 (打點)
打鼓 
打鼾 
拍打 
摸爬滚打 (摸爬滾打)
拨打 (撥打)
敲打 
殴打 (毆打)
无精打采 (無精打采)
精打细算 (精打細算)
开打 (開打)

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  • 580th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 149 words
  • Component in 16 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dǒu (Dou3)abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]
2. dǒu (dou3)dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] • decaliter • peck • cup or dipper shaped object • old variant of 陡[dou3]
3. dòu (dou4)to fight • to struggle • to condemn • to censure • to contend • to put together • coming together
4. dòu (dou4)variant of 鬥|斗[dou4], to fight • to struggle • to condemn • to censure • to contend • to put together • coming together

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dǒu (dou3)The component is pronounced as 'dǒu' (dou3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for dǒu (dou3)The component is pronounced as 'dòu' (dou4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
3. Pronunciation clue for dòu (dou4)The component is pronounced as 'dòu' (dou4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
4. Pronunciation clue for dòu (dou4)The component is pronounced as 'dǒu' (dou3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
5. Pronunciation clue for dòu (dou4)The component is pronounced as 'dòu' (dou4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

奋斗 (奮鬥)
战斗 (戰鬥)

Uncommon

勾心斗角 (勾心鬥角)
北斗 
战斗力 (戰鬥力)
战斗机 (戰鬥機)
打斗 (打鬥)
批斗 (批鬥)
拼斗 (拼鬥)
搏斗 
斗牛 
斗篷 
格斗 (格鬥)
决斗 (決鬥)
漏斗 
熨斗 
争斗 (爭鬥)
阿斗 
斗嘴 (鬥嘴)
斗士 (鬥士)
斗志 (鬥志)
斗智 (鬥智)
斗争 (鬥爭)
斗牛士 (鬥牛士)

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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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