• 1043rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 40 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (yu4)desire • appetite • passion • lust • greed
2. (yu4)to wish for • to desire • variant of 慾|欲[yu4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (yu4)The component is pronounced as '' (gu3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 ()
欲望 (慾望)
食欲 (食慾)

Medium Frequency

性欲 (性慾)
情欲 (情慾)
昏昏欲睡 
畅所欲言 (暢所欲言)
望眼欲穿 
欲罢不能 (欲罷不能)
欲盖弥彰 (欲蓋彌彰)
为所欲为 (為所欲為)
物欲 
痛不欲生 
私欲 
纵欲 (縱慾)
贪欲 (貪慾)
随心所欲 (隨心所欲)
震耳欲聋 (震耳欲聾)
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  • 1050th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 47 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Ge3)surname Ge
2. gài (gai4)lid • top • cover • canopy • to cover • to conceal • to build

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

掩盖 (掩蓋)
膝盖 (膝蓋)
 ()
覆盖 (覆蓋)

Medium Frequency

加盖 (加蓋)
后盖 (後蓋)
欲盖弥彰 (欲蓋彌彰)
涵盖 (涵蓋)
翻盖 (翻蓋)
华盖 (華蓋)
盖上 (蓋上)
盖世 (蓋世)
盖子 (蓋子)
盖帽 (蓋帽)
盖浇饭 (蓋澆飯)
盖章 (蓋章)
盖茨 (蓋茨)
盖饭 (蓋飯)
遮盖 (遮蓋)
铺天盖地 (鋪天蓋地)
铺盖 (鋪蓋)
锅盖 (鍋蓋)
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  • 1783rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 20 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (mi2)full • to fill • completely • more
2. (mi2)brimming or overflowing

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

弥漫 (彌漫)
弥补 (彌補)
阿弥陀佛 (阿彌陀佛)

Medium Frequency

弥勒 (彌勒)
弥勒佛 (彌勒佛)
弥撒 (彌撒)
弥留 (彌留)
欲盖弥彰 (欲蓋彌彰)
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  • 2947th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 9 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhāng (zhang1)manifest

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhāng (zhang1)The component is pronounced as 'zhāng' (zhang1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

彰显 (彰顯)
表彰 

Medium Frequency

欲盖弥彰 (欲蓋彌彰)
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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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