• 551st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 94 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiào (xiao4)to imitate
2. xiào (xiao4)effect • efficacy • to imitate

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for xiào (xiao4)The component is pronounced as 'jiāo' (jiao1). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

效果 
有效 

Uncommon

功效 
失效 
成效 
效应 (效應)
效率 
效益 
有效期 
无效 (無效)
特效 
生效 
疗效 (療效)
绩效 (績效)
见效 (見效)
音效 
高效 

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  • 144th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 242 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
𠁼

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yìng (Ying4)surname Ying
2. yīng (ying1)to agree (to do sth) • should • ought to
3. yìng (ying4)to answer • to respond • to comply with • to deal or cope with

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

一呼百应 (一呼百應)
反应 (反應)
应用 (應用)
应该 (應該)
答应 (答應)
适应 (適應)

Uncommon

供应 (供應)
供应商 (供應商)
呼应 (呼應)
回应 (回應)
报应 (報應)
对应 (對應)
得心应手 (得心應手)
感应 (感應)
应付 (應付)
应对 (應對)
应急 (應急)
应景 (應景)
应有尽有 (應有盡有)
应当 (應當)
应聘 (應聘)
应聘者 (應聘者)
应试 (應試)
应变 (應變)
应酬 (應酬)
应验 (應驗)
效应 (效應)
相应 (相應)
响应 (響應)
顺应 (順應)

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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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