• 2876th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 12 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. piē (pie1)to cast away • to fling aside
2. piě (pie3)to throw • to cast • left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for piē (pie1)The component is pronounced as '' (pu1). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for piě (pie3)The component is pronounced as '' (pu1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Uncommon

左撇子 
撇下 
撇去 
撇嘴 
撇清 
撇开 (撇開)

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  • 64th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.25% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 121 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (qu4)to go • to go to (a place) • to cause to go or send (sb) • to remove • to get rid of • (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth • to be apart from in space or time • (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) • (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) • (of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (qu4)The component is pronounced as '' (tu3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

下去 
出去 
回去 
失去 
过去 (過去)

Uncommon

上去 
去世 
去年 
去掉 
去死 
去除 
死去 
翻来覆去 (翻來覆去)
送去 
逝去 
进去 (進去)
离去 (離去)

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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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