• 1043rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 61 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

Common

欲望 (慾望)
食欲 (食慾)

Uncommon

性欲 (性慾)
情欲 (情慾)
欲火 (慾火)
昏昏欲睡 
畅所欲言 (暢所欲言)
望眼欲穿 
树欲静而风不止 (樹欲靜而風不止)
欲罢不能 (欲罷不能)
欲盖弥彰 (欲蓋彌彰)
求知欲 (求知慾)
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 85 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
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

Common

掩盖 (掩蓋)
膝盖 (膝蓋)
覆盖 (覆蓋)
锅盖 (鍋蓋)

Uncommon

冰盖 (冰蓋)
劈头盖脸 (劈頭蓋臉)
加盖 (加蓋)
封盖 (封蓋)
后盖 (後蓋)
卷铺盖 (捲鋪蓋)
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)
盖头 (蓋頭)
盖饭 (蓋飯)
覆盖率 (覆蓋率)
遮盖 (遮蓋)
铺天盖地 (鋪天蓋地)
铺盖 (鋪蓋)

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  • 1783rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 36 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

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

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (mi2)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

弥漫 (彌漫)
弥补 (彌補)
阿弥陀佛 (阿彌陀佛)

Uncommon

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 15 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

Common

彰显 (彰顯)
表彰 

Uncommon

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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