• 1759th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 32 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ca1)to wipe • to erase • rubbing (brush stroke in painting) • to clean • to polish

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ca1)The component is pronounced as 'chá' (cha2). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

擦干 (擦乾)
橡皮擦 

Uncommon

摩擦 
擦亮 
擦伤 (擦傷)
擦拭 
擦掉 
擦洗 
擦肩而过 (擦肩而過)
磨擦 

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  • 847th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 77 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. diào (diao4)to fall • to drop • to lag behind • to lose • to go missing • to reduce • fall (in prices) • to lose (value, weight etc) • to wag • to swing • to turn • to change • to exchange • to swap • to show off • to shed (hair)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

丢掉 (丟掉)
吃掉 
忘掉 

Uncommon

删掉 (刪掉)
剪掉 
去掉 
喝掉 
坏掉 (壞掉)
失掉 
干掉 (幹掉)
扔掉 
拔掉 
掉下 
掉泪 (掉淚)
掉落 
掉头 (掉頭)
撕掉 
改掉 
杀掉 (殺掉)
毁掉 (毀掉)
减掉 (減掉)
灭掉 (滅掉)
烧掉 (燒掉)
甩掉 
脱掉 (脫掉)
花掉 
卖掉 (賣掉)
走掉 
跑掉 
输掉 (輸掉)
关掉 (關掉)

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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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