• 569th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 56 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (pi1)to ascertain • to act on • to criticize • to pass on • classifier for batches, lots, military flights • tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (pi1)The component is pronounced as '' (bi3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (pi1)The component is pronounced as '' (bi4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

批发 (批發)
批评 (批評)
横批 (橫批)

Uncommon

分批 
大批 
审批 (審批)
批准 
批判 
批发商 (批發商)
批示 
批语 (批語)
批量 
批阅 (批閱)
批斗 (批鬥)
挨批 

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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.
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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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