• 351st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 99 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shōu (shou1)to receive • to accept • to collect • to restrain • to stop • in care of (used on address line after name)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shōu (shou1)The component is pronounced as 'shù' (shu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 
收到 
收拾 
收获 (收獲)
收藏 

Medium Frequency

吸收 
回收 
接收 
收入 
收回 
收场 (收場)
收工 
收复 (收復)
收敛 (收斂)
收留 
收益 
收盘 (收盤)
收看 
收礼 (收禮)
收纳 (收納)
收紧 (收緊)
收缩 (收縮)
收听 (收聽)
收视率 (收視率)
收费 (收費)
收费站 (收費站)
收购 (收購)
收集 
收音机 (收音機)
收养 (收養)
没收 (沒收)
丰收 (豐收)
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  • 554th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 73 words
  • Component in 16 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. liú (liu2)to leave (a message etc) • to retain • to stay • to remain • to keep • to preserve

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 
留下 

Medium Frequency

保留 
停留 
挽留 
收留 
残留 (殘留)
滞留 (滯留)
留住 
留作 
留学 (留學)
留学生 (留學生)
留守 
留影 
留心 
留念 
留情 
留意 
留恋 (留戀)
留神 
留给 (留給)
留言 
逗留 
遗留 (遺留)
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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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