• 501st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 245 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Wu3)surname Wu
2. (wu3)martial • military

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

威武 
武器 
武将 (武將)
武林 
武汉 (武漢)
武艺 (武藝)
武术 (武術)

Uncommon

宣武区 (宣武區)
尚武 
文武 
核武器 
武侯区 (武侯區)
武侠 (武俠)
武则天 (武則天)
武力 
武功 
武士 
武夷山 
武宁 (武寧)
武打 
武断 (武斷)
武昌 
武昌区 (武昌區)
武松 
武汉市 (武漢市)
武生 
武当山 (武當山)
武装 (武裝)
武警 
玄武 
玄武区 (玄武區)

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  • 1754th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 22 words
  • Component in 12 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
humanNo glyph availablearrow
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. hóu (Hou2)surname Hou
2. hóu (hou2)marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] • nobleman or high official

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

武侯区 (武侯區)
诸侯 (諸侯)

Uncommon

侯爵 
侯马 (侯馬)
武侯 
武侯祠 
王侯 
闽侯 (閩侯)
闽侯县 (閩侯縣)

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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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