• 951st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 66 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. miè (mie4)to extinguish or put out • to go out (of a fire etc) • to exterminate or wipe out • to drown

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

毁灭 (毀滅)
消灭 (消滅)
破灭 (破滅)

Uncommon

不可磨灭 (不可磨滅)
幻灭 (幻滅)
扑灭 (撲滅)
杀灭 (殺滅)
毁灭性 (毀滅性)
泯灭 (泯滅)
湮灭 (湮滅)
灭亡 (滅亡)
灭口 (滅口)
灭掉 (滅掉)
灭火 (滅火)
灭火器 (滅火器)
灭绝 (滅絕)
熄灭 (熄滅)
磨灭 (磨滅)
自生自灭 (自生自滅)
覆灭 (覆滅)

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  • 212th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 455 words
  • Component in 1503 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. kǒu (kou3)mouth • classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) • classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for kǒu (kou3)The component is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:
使沿槿調鴿觿鷿箿笿

Example Words

Common

人口 
借口 
伤口 (傷口)
入口 
出口 
口味 
口水 
口渴 
口袋 
海口 
窗口 
胃口 
路口 
进口 (進口)
门口 (門口)
开口 (開口)

Uncommon

一口气 (一口氣)
三岔口 
两口子 (兩口子)
十字路口 
口干舌燥 (口乾舌燥)
口口声声 (口口聲聲)
口吃 
口吻 
口子 
口岸 
口感 
口才 
口是心非 
口服 
口气 (口氣)
口无遮拦 (口無遮攔)
口碑 
口福 
口红 (口紅)
口罩 
口腔 
口臭 
口舌 
口号 (口號)
口角 
口诀 (口訣)
口语 (口語)
口述 
口音 
口头 (口頭)
口头禅 (口頭禪)
口香糖 
可口 
可口可乐 (可口可樂)
大口 
岔口 
张口 (張口)
张家口 (張家口)
心口 
忌口 
户口 (戶口)
接口 
改口 
有口无心 (有口無心)
枪口 (槍口)
楼梯口 (樓梯口)
档口 (檔口)
河口 
渡口 
港口 
满口 (滿口)
汉口 (漢口)
爽口 
牲口 
登机口 (登機口)
目瞪口呆 
破口大骂 (破口大罵)
粗口 
糊口 
绕口令 (繞口令)
缺口 
胸口 
脱口秀 (脫口秀)
脱口而出 (脫口而出)
苦口 
藉口 
虎口 
虹口区 (虹口區)
袖口 
亲口 (親口)
夸口 (誇口)
进出口 (進出口)
随口 (隨口)
顺口 (順口)
领口 (領口)
风口 (風口)

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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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