1. 潮

潮

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  • 1300th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 71 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
潮→
氵朝
2Radical
潮→
氵water十ten日sun/day十ten月moon
3Graphical
潮→
⺀㇀一丨口一一丨冂二

Pinyin & Meaning

1. cháo (chao2)tide • current • damp • moist • humid

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 潮 cháo (chao2)The component 朝 is pronounced as 'cháo' (chao2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for 潮 cháo (chao2)The component 朝 is pronounced as 'zhāo' (zhao1). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

潮流 

Uncommon

人潮 
低潮 
新潮 
浪潮 
潮州 
潮水 
潮湿 (潮濕)
潮阳 (潮陽)
热潮 (熱潮)
狂潮 
风潮 (風潮)
高潮 
高潮迭起 

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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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