• 462nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 80 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zǎo (zao3)early • morning • Good morning!

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

早上 
早安 

Uncommon

一大早 
一早 
大清早 
早年 
早日 
早晚 
早晨 
早起 
早饭 (早飯)
早餐 
早点 (早點)
清早 
迟早 (遲早)

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  • 45th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.31% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 305 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. nián (Nian2)surname Nian
2. nián (nian2)year • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

今年 
拜年 
新年 
过年 (過年)
龙年 (龍年)

Uncommon

中年 
来年 (來年)
兔年 
去年 
少年 
年代 
年初 
年夜 
年夜饭 (年夜飯)
年少 
年年 
年底 
年度 
年会 (年會)
年糕 
年纪 (年紀)
年级 (年級)
年终 (年終)
年华 (年華)
年货 (年貨)
年轻 (年輕)
年轻人 (年輕人)
年关 (年關)
年头 (年頭)
年龄 (年齡)
往年 
早年 
明年 
更年期 
流年 
当年 (當年)
童年 
丰年 (豐年)
周年 (週年)
青年 

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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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