• 821st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 105 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. ōu (Ou1)Europe • abbr. for 歐洲|欧洲[Ou1 zhou1] • surname Ou
2. ōu (ou1)(used for transliteration) • old variant of 謳|讴[ou1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for ōu (ou1)The component is pronounced as '' (qu1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

欧元 (歐元)
欧元区 (歐元區)
欧洲 (歐洲)
欧盟 (歐盟)

Uncommon

北欧 (北歐)
南欧 (南歐)
卡西欧 (卡西歐)
东欧 (東歐)
欧亚 (歐亞)
欧宝 (歐寶)
欧巴桑 (歐巴桑)
欧式 (歐式)
欧文 (歐文)
欧洲人 (歐洲人)
欧洲杯 (歐洲杯)
欧芹 (歐芹)
欧莱雅 (歐萊雅)
欧阳 (歐陽)
欧阳修 (歐陽修)
碧欧泉 (碧歐泉)
罗密欧 (羅密歐)
美欧 (美歐)
西欧 (西歐)

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  • 649th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 368 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yáng (yang2)positive (electric.) • sun • male principle (Taoism) • Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1] ☯

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

太阳 (太陽)
沈阳 (瀋陽)
阳光 (陽光)
阳台 (陽臺)

Uncommon

信阳 (信陽)
南阳 (南陽)
向阳 (向陽)
咸阳 (咸陽)
夕阳 (夕陽)
太阳光 (太陽光)
太阳穴 (太陽穴)
太阳系 (太陽系)
太阳能 (太陽能)
太阳镜 (太陽鏡)
安阳 (安陽)
富阳 (富陽)
岳阳 (岳陽)
平阳 (平陽)
德阳 (德陽)
揭阳 (揭陽)
斜阳 (斜陽)
曲阳 (曲陽)
朝阳 (朝陽)
朝阳区 (朝陽區)
东阳 (東陽)
欧阳 (歐陽)
沈阳市 (沈陽市)
洛阳 (洛陽)
溧阳 (溧陽)
汉阳 (漢陽)
潮阳 (潮陽)
濮阳 (濮陽)
浏阳 (瀏陽)
当阳 (當陽)
益阳 (益陽)
紫阳 (紫陽)
绵阳 (綿陽)
耒阳 (耒陽)
衡阳 (衡陽)
襄阳 (襄陽)
贵阳 (貴陽)
贵阳市 (貴陽市)
资阳 (資陽)
辽阳 (遼陽)
邵阳 (邵陽)
鄱阳湖 (鄱陽湖)
金阳 (金陽)
阜阳 (阜陽)
阴差阳错 (陰差陽錯)
阴阳 (陰陽)
阳光明媚 (陽光明媚)
阳刚 (陽剛)
阳山 (陽山)
阳性 (陽性)
阳春 (陽春)
阳历 (陽曆)
阳朔 (陽朔)
阳江 (陽江)
阳泉 (陽泉)
阳痿 (陽痿)
骄阳 (驕陽)

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  • 739th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 123 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph availableNo glyph available
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiū (Xiu1)surname Xiu
2. xiū (xiu1)to decorate • to embellish • to repair • to build • to study • to write • to cultivate

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

修复 (修復)
修身 
装修 (裝修)

Uncommon

修剪 
修女 
修好 
修建 
修改 
修正 
修炼 (修煉)
修理 
修行 
修补 (修補)
修车 (修車)
修长 (修長)
修饰 (修飾)
修养 (修養)
必修 
必修课 (必修課)
维修 (維修)
进修 (進修)
选修 (選修)
重修 

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.