• 1176th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 51 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chōu (chou1)to draw out • to pull out from in between • to remove part of the whole • (of certain plants) to sprout or bud • to whip or thrash

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for chōu (chou1)The component is pronounced as 'yóu' (you2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for chōu (chou1)The component is pronounced as 'shǒu' (shou3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

抽取 
抽烟 (抽煙)
抽奖 (抽獎)

Uncommon

抽出 
抽屉 (抽屜)
抽搐 
抽空 
抽筋 
抽血 
抽象 
抽风 (抽風)

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  • 657th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 244 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xuè (xue4)blood • informal colloquial and Taiwan pr. [xie3] • also pr. [xue3] • CL:滴[di1],片[pian4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for xuè (xue4)The component is pronounced as 'xuè' (xue4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

冷血 
出血 
吸血鬼 
喋血 
热血 (熱血)
血压 (血壓)
血液 
血管 
血色 

Uncommon

一针见血 (一針見血)
充血 
吸血 
嗜血 
坏血病 (壞血病)
心血 
心血管 
抽血 
放血 
止血 
气血 (氣血)
活血 
流血 
浴血 
混血 
混血儿 (混血兒)
狗血 
献血 (獻血)
白血病 
血型 
血战 (血戰)
血拼 
血本 
血栓 
血案 
血气 (血氣)
血水 
血汗 
血流 
血淋淋 
血泪 (血淚)
血球 
血统 (血統)
血缘 (血緣)
血肉 
血脂 
血脉 (血脈)
血腥 
血迹 (血跡)
补血 (補血)
贫血 (貧血)
输血 (輸血)
造血 
头破血流 (頭破血流)
高血压 (高血壓)
鲜血 (鮮血)

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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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