• 439th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 114 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiāo (xiao1)to disappear • to vanish • to eliminate • to spend (time) • have to • need

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for xiāo (xiao1)The component is pronounced as 'xiào' (xiao4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

消失 
消息 

Uncommon

取消 
消停 
消化 
消极 (消極)
消毒 
消灭 (消滅)
消炎 
消磨 
消耗 
消肿 (消腫)
消费 (消費)
消费者 (消費者)
消逝 
消遣 
消防 
消除 
烟消云散 (煙消雲散)

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  • 746th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 74 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chēn (chen1)see 黑沉沉[hei1 chen1 chen1]
2. chén (chen2)to submerge • to immerse • to sink • to keep down • to lower • to drop • deep • profound • heavy

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

沉重 
沉默 

Uncommon

低沉 
沉寂 
沉思 
沉闷 (沉悶)
沉沉 
沉没 (沉沒)
沉浸 
沉沦 (沉淪)
沉溺 
沉淀 (沉澱)
沉睡 
沉稳 (沉穩)
沉着 (沉著)
沉迷 
沉醉 
沉静 (沉靜)
消沉 
深沉 
阴沉 (陰沉)

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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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