• 663rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 232 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Bo1)Poland • Polish • abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bo1 lan2]
2. (bo1)wave • ripple • storm • surge

Pronunciation Clues

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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

奔波 
宁波 (寧波)
微波炉 (微波爐)

Uncommon

一波三折 
仁波切 
光波 
周立波 
宁波市 (寧波市)
微波 
水波 
波光 
波动 (波動)
波及 
波士顿 (波士頓)
波多黎各 
波折 
波斯 
波斯湾 (波斯灣)
波斯猫 (波斯貓)
波段 
波浪 
波涛 (波濤)
波澜 (波瀾)
波澜壮阔 (波瀾壯闊)
波尔多 (波爾多)
波特 
波纹 (波紋)
波兰 (波蘭)
波西米亚 (波西米亞)
波音 
烟波 (煙波)
王小波 
眼波 
莎拉波娃 
冲击波 (衝擊波)
超声波 (超聲波)
轩然大波 (軒然大波)
阿波罗 (阿波羅)
随波逐流 (隨波逐流)
电波 (電波)
电磁波 (電磁波)
风波 (風波)
香波 
马可波罗 (馬可波羅)

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  • 290th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 362 words
  • Component in 12 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. guāng (guang1)light • ray • CL:道[dao4] • bright • only • merely • to use up

Pronunciation Clues

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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

光明 
光荣 (光榮)
光临 (光臨)
光芒 
星光 
时光 (時光)
曝光 
灯光 (燈光)
目光 
眼光 
阳光 (陽光)

Uncommon

一扫而光 (一掃而光)
不光 
亮光 
光亮 
光伏 
光光 
光圈 
光大 
光学 (光學)
光年 
光彩 
光影 
光明正大 
光是 
光景 
光棍 
光棍儿 (光棍兒)
光棍节 (光棍節)
光波 
光滑 
光洁 (光潔)
光泽 (光澤)
光照 
光环 (光環)
光盘 (光盤)
光线 (光線)
光纤 (光纖)
光辉 (光輝)
光速 
光阴 (光陰)
光头 (光頭)
光顾 (光顧)
光鲜 (光鮮)
凶光 
反光 
夜光 
微光 
日光 
日光浴 
春光 
曙光 
月光 
月光族 
极光 (極光)
油光 
泪光 (淚光)
激光 
火光 
荧光 (熒光)
烛光 (燭光)
用光 
发光 (發光)
穷光蛋 (窮光蛋)
耳光 
脱光 (脫光)
花光 
蓝光 (藍光)
观光 (觀光)
走光 
逆光 
闪光 (閃光)
闪光灯 (閃光燈)
开光 (開光)
阳光明媚 (陽光明媚)
灵光 (靈光)
风光 (風光)

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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.