• 1307th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 29 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
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3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tiāo (tiao1)to carry on a shoulder pole • to choose • to pick • to nitpick
2. tiǎo (tiao3)to raise • to dig up • to poke • to prick • to incite • to stir up

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

挑战 (挑戰)

Medium Frequency

 
挑剔 
挑选 (挑選)
百里挑一 (百裡挑一)
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  • 499th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 70 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xuǎn (xuan3)to choose • to pick • to select • to elect

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for xuǎn (xuan3)The component is pronounced as 'xùn' (xun4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 ()
选择 (選擇)
选项 (選項)

Medium Frequency

人选 (人選)
入选 (入選)
大选 (大選)
挑选 (挑選)
海选 (海選)
当选 (當選)
票选 (票選)
竞选 (競選)
筛选 (篩選)
精选 (精選)
评选 (評選)
选出 (選出)
选手 (選手)
选用 (選用)
选票 (選票)
选秀 (選秀)
选举 (選舉)
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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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