• 931st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 62 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. guī (Gui1)surname Gui
2. guī (gui1)to return • to go back to • to give back to • (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by • to belong to • to gather together • (used between two identical verbs) despite • to marry (of a woman) (old) • division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

回归 (回歸)
 ()

Medium Frequency

早出晚归 (早出晚歸)
归国 (歸國)
归宿 (歸宿)
归属 (歸屬)
归属感 (歸屬感)
归心 (歸心)
归心似箭 (歸心似箭)
归于 (歸於)
归根到底 (歸根到底)
归程 (歸程)
归纳 (歸納)
归结 (歸結)
归途 (歸途)
归还 (歸還)
归队 (歸隊)
归类 (歸類)
海归 (海歸)
满载而归 (滿載而歸)
无家可归 (無家可歸)
当归 (當歸)
总归 (總歸)
落叶归根 (落葉歸根)
返璞归真 (返璞歸真)
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  • 352nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 75 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gēn (gen1)root • basis • classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings • CL:條|条[tiao2] • radical (chemistry)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for gēn (gen1)The component is pronounced as 'gěn' (gen3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for gēn (gen1)The component is pronounced as 'gèn' (gen4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 
根据 (根據)
根本 
草根 

Medium Frequency

哈根达斯 (哈根達斯)
培根 
压根 (壓根)
压根儿 (壓根兒)
扎根 
根源 
阿根廷 
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  • 22nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.50% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 69 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dào (dao4)to (a place) • until (a time) • up to • to go • to arrive

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dào (dao4)The component is pronounced as 'dāo' (dao1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

不到 
来到 (來到)
做到 
到来 (到來)
到家 
到底 
到处 (到處)
到达 (到達)
受到 
回到 
得到 
想到 
感到 
找到 
接到 
收到 
碰到 
等到 
签到 (簽到)
听到 (聽到)
见到 (見到)
买到 (買到)
遇到 
达到 (達到)
迟到 (遲到)
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  • 543rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 66 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. de (de5)(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)
2. (di3)background • bottom • base • the end of a period of time • towards the end of (last month)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for de (de5)The component is pronounced as '' (di1). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for de (de5)The component is pronounced as '' (di3). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for de (de5)The component is pronounced as 'diǎn' (dian3). It has the same pinyin initial.
4. Pronunciation clue for (di3)The component is pronounced as '' (di1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
5. Pronunciation clue for (di3)The component is pronounced as '' (di3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
6. Pronunciation clue for (di3)The component is pronounced as 'shì' (shi4). It has the same pinyin final.
7. Pronunciation clue for (di3)The component is pronounced as 'zhī' (zhi1). It has the same pinyin final.
8. Pronunciation clue for (di3)The component is pronounced as 'diǎn' (dian3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

到底 
 
彻底 (徹底)

Medium Frequency

平底 
年底 
底下 
底气 (底氣)
底片 
底线 (底線)
底部 
心底 
打底 
歇斯底里 
海底 
粉底 
卧底 (臥底)
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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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