• 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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  • 253rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 225 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (qi1)a period of time • phase • stage • (used for issue of a periodical, courses of study) • time • term • period • to hope • Taiwan pr. [qi2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (qi1)The component is pronounced as '' (qi2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for (qi1)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

假期 
星期 
期待 
期间 (期間)

Uncommon

佳期 
初期 
到期 
前期 
如期 
学期 (學期)
定期 
后期 (後期)
日期 
早期 
星期一 
星期三 
星期二 
星期五 
星期六 
星期四 
星期天 
星期几 (星期幾)
星期日 
时期 (時期)
更年期 
期望 
期末 
期盼 
期货 (期貨)
期限 
为期 (為期)
无期 (無期)
短期 
近期 
周期 (週期)
过期 (過期)
长期 (長期)
青春期 
预期 (預期)
高峰期 

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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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