• 282nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 177 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shū (Shu1)abbr. for 書經|书经[shu1 jing1]
2. shū (shu1)book • letter • document • CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4] • to write

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shū (shu1)The component is pronounced as '' (yu4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

High Frequency

图书馆 (圖書館)
情书 (情書)
 ()
书写 (書寫)
看书 (看書)
读书 (讀書)

Medium Frequency

上书 (上書)
出书 (出書)
副书记 (副書記)
图书 (圖書)
天书 (天書)
念书 (念書)
教书 (教書)
教科书 (教科書)
文书 (文書)
书信 (書信)
书包 (書包)
书名 (書名)
书呆子 (書呆子)
书店 (書店)
书房 (書房)
书本 (書本)
书架 (書架)
书桌 (書桌)
书柜 (書櫃)
书法 (書法)
书法家 (書法家)
书画 (書畫)
书签 (書簽)
书籍 (書籍)
书签 (書籤)
书记 (書記)
书评 (書評)
书院 (書院)
书面 (書面)
书香 (書香)
琴棋书画 (琴棋書畫)
白皮书 (白皮書)
秘书 (秘書)
秘书长 (秘書長)
总书记 (總書記)
背书 (背書)
说明书 (說明書)
证书 (證書)
读书人 (讀書人)
遗书 (遺書)
电子书 (電子書)
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  • 65th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.24% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 215 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Fa3)France • French • abbr. for 法國|法国[Fa3 guo2]
2. (fa3)law • method • way • Buddhist teaching • Legalist

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

做法 
想法 
方法 
没法 (沒法)
 
法国 (法國)
法律 
无法 (無法)
办法 (辦法)
魔法 

Medium Frequency

不法 
佛法 
作法 
依法 
兵法 
刑法 
加法 
司法 
吃法 
合法 
执法 (執法)
婚姻法 
宪法 (憲法)
戏法 (戲法)
手法 
打法 
政法 
书法 (書法)
书法家 (書法家)
法人 
法制 
法则 (法則)
法国人 (法國人)
法子 
法学 (法學)
法官 
法定 
法宝 (法寶)
法师 (法師)
法庭 
法式 
法拉利 
法案 
法治 
法海 
法网 (法網)
法老 
法兰克福 (法蘭克福)
法规 (法規)
法语 (法語)
法院 
犯法 
用法 
疗法 (療法)
看法 
立法 
算法 
设法 (設法)
语法 (語法)
说法 (說法)
输入法 (輸入法)
违法 (違法)
非法 
魔法师 (魔法師)
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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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