• 946th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 220 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yóu (you2)oil • fat • grease • petroleum • to apply tung oil, paint or varnish • oily • greasy • glib • cunning

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yóu (you2)The component is pronounced as 'yóu' (you2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

加油 

Uncommon

加油站 
原油 
奶油 
指甲油 
柴米油盐 (柴米油鹽)
植物油 
橄榄油 (橄欖油)
机油 (機油)
汽油 
油价 (油價)
油光 
油条 (油條)
油漆 
油炸 
油田 
油画 (油畫)
油脂 
油腻 (油膩)
油菜 
油锅 (油鍋)
油门 (油門)
油饼 (油餅)
牛油 
甘油 
石油 
色拉油 
蚝油 (蠔油)
猪油 (豬油)
酱油 (醬油)
香油 
麻油 
黄油 (黃油)

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  • 214th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 172 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tiáo (tiao2)strip • item • article • clause (of law or treaty) • classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for tiáo (tiao2)The component is pronounced as 'xiǎo' (xiao3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

条件 (條件)
条纹 (條紋)
油条 (油條)
发条 (發條)
纸条 (紙條)
线条 (線條)
苗条 (苗條)
薯条 (薯條)
面条 (麵條)

Uncommon

井井有条 (井井有條)
信条 (信條)
假条 (假條)
半条命 (半條命)
字条 (字條)
封条 (封條)
慢条斯理 (慢條斯理)
凭条 (憑條)
教条 (教條)
有条不紊 (有條不紊)
枝条 (枝條)
条例 (條例)
条子 (條子)
条幅 (條幅)
条形码 (條形碼)
条款 (條款)
条理 (條理)
条码 (條碼)
条约 (條約)
白条 (白條)
粉条 (粉條)
萧条 (蕭條)
词条 (詞條)
链条 (鏈條)
长条 (長條)
雪条 (雪條)
头条 (頭條)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.