• 1616th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 75 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
waterN/ANo glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tāng (Tang1)surname Tang
2. shāng (shang1)rushing current
3. tāng (tang1)soup • hot or boiling water • decoction of medicinal herbs • water in which sth has been boiled

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shāng (shang1)The component is pronounced as 'shuǐ' (shui3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

泡汤 (泡湯)
汤匙 (湯匙)
汤圆 (湯圓)
汤姆 (湯姆)
汤汁 (湯汁)
鸡汤 (雞湯)

Uncommon

换汤不换药 (換湯不換藥)
清汤 (清湯)
汤加 (湯加)
汤勺 (湯勺)
汤包 (湯包)
汤料 (湯料)
浓汤 (濃湯)
肉汤 (肉湯)
落汤鸡 (落湯雞)
蛋花汤 (蛋花湯)
赴汤蹈火 (赴湯蹈火)
高汤 (高湯)
面汤 (麵湯)

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  • 557th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 157 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. liào (liao4)material • stuff • grain • feed • to expect • to anticipate • to guess

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

原料 
意料 
料理 
材料 
爆料 
资料 (資料)
饮料 (飲料)

Uncommon

不料 
主料 
佐料 
出乎意料 
出人意料 
加料 
原材料 
塑料 
塑料袋 
布料 
料到 
料子 
料酒 
照料 
燃料 
猛料 
笑料 
调味料 (調味料)
调料 (調料)
配料 
面料 
预料 (預料)
颜料 (顏料)
饲料 (飼料)
香料 

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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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