• 2860th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 9 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiāo (jiao1)to pour liquid • to irrigate (using waterwheel) • to water • to cast (molten metal) • to mold

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

浇水 (澆水)

Uncommon

借酒浇愁 (借酒澆愁)
浇灌 (澆灌)
浇花 (澆花)
盖浇饭 (蓋澆飯)

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  • 2073rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 40 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. guàn (guan4)to irrigate • to pour • to install (software) • to record (music)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for guàn (guan4)The component is pronounced as 'guàn' (guan4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for guàn (guan4)The component is pronounced as 'xuān' (xuan1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

灌水 
灌醉 

Uncommon

浇灌 (澆灌)
灌木 
灌溉 
灌篮 (灌籃)
灌肠 (灌腸)
灌输 (灌輸)
醍醐灌顶 (醍醐灌頂)

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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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