• 1934th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 47 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
丿丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qiào (qiao4)shell • carapace • crust (earth's crust etc) • also pr. [ke2]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

外壳 (外殼)
贝壳 (貝殼)

Uncommon

地壳 (地殼)
屎壳郎 (屎殼郎)
壳儿 (殼兒)
壳牌 (殼牌)
甲壳虫 (甲殼蟲)
硬壳 (硬殼)
脱壳 (脫殼)
蛋壳 (蛋殼)
躯壳 (軀殼)
龟壳 (龜殼)

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  • 1259th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 86 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. pái (pai2)mahjong tile • playing card • game pieces • signboard • plate • tablet • medal • CL:片[pian4],個|个[ge4],塊|块[kuai4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for pái (pai2)The component is pronounced as 'piàn' (pian4). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for pái (pai2)The component is pronounced as 'piān' (pian1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

品牌 
打牌 

Uncommon

名牌 
大牌 
广告牌 (廣告牌)
招牌 
扑克牌 (撲克牌)
洗牌 
牌坊 
牌子 
牌局 
牌照 
王牌 
玩牌 
登机牌 (登機牌)
盾牌 
车牌 (車牌)
金牌 
银牌 (銀牌)
铜牌 (銅牌)

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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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