• 1189th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 23 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shū (shu1)different • unique • special • very • (classical) to behead • to die • to cut off • to separate • to surpass

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shū (shu1)The component is pronounced as 'zhū' (zhu1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for shū (shu1)The component is pronounced as '' (mu4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

特殊 

Uncommon

悬殊 (懸殊)

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  • 1083rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 58 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (tu2)way • route • road

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (tu2)The component is pronounced as '' (yu2). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

前途 
旅途 
途中 
长途 (長途)

Uncommon

中途 
仕途 
半途而废 (半途而廢)
征途 
歧途 
归途 (歸途)
沿途 
用途 
迷途 
途径 (途徑)
途经 (途經)
长途车 (長途車)

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  • 69th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.23% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 296 words
  • Component in 20 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tóng (tong2)like • same • similar • together • alike • with
2. tòng (tong4)see 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

不同 
共同 
同事 
同学 (同學)
同时 (同時)
同样 (同樣)

Uncommon

一同 
不约而同 (不約而同)
共同点 (共同點)
合同 
同人 
同仁 
同伴 
同在 
同居 
同志 
同性 
同性恋 (同性戀)
同情 
同意 
同感 
同桌 
同步 
同班 
同盟 
同胞 
同行 
同路 
同道 
同龄 (同齡)
同龄人 (同齡人)
大同 
如同 
志同道合 
感同身受 
相同 
胡同 
与众不同 (與眾不同)
认同 (認同)
赞同 (讚同)
陪同 
雷同 
党同伐异 (黨同伐異)

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  • 931st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 101 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
No glyph availablepig snout
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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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

回归 (回歸)
归宿 (歸宿)
归途 (歸途)
海归 (海歸)

Uncommon

九九归一 (九九歸一)
早出晚归 (早出晚歸)
归入 (歸入)
归国 (歸國)
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)
归案 (歸案)
归程 (歸程)
归纳 (歸納)
归结 (歸結)
归还 (歸還)
归队 (歸隊)
归隐 (歸隱)
归类 (歸類)
殊途同归 (殊途同歸)
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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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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