• 2585th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 31 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chǎo (chao3)to sauté • to stir-fry • to speculate • to hype • to fire (sb)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for chǎo (chao3)The component is pronounced as 'shǎo' (shao3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for chǎo (chao3)The component is pronounced as 'shào' (shao4). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

炒作 
炒饭 (炒飯)

Uncommon

炒股 
炒菜 
炒蛋 
炒锅 (炒鍋)
炒面 (炒麵)

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  • 933rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 86 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. fàn (fan4)food • cuisine • cooked rice • meal • CL:碗[wan3],頓|顿[dun4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for fàn (fan4)The component is pronounced as 'fǎn' (fan3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

吃饭 (吃飯)
年夜饭 (年夜飯)
晚饭 (晚飯)

Uncommon

中饭 (中飯)
做饭 (做飯)
午饭 (午飯)
早饭 (早飯)
炒饭 (炒飯)
盒饭 (盒飯)
稀饭 (稀飯)
米饭 (米飯)
开饭 (開飯)
电饭煲 (電飯煲)
饭堂 (飯堂)
饭局 (飯局)
饭店 (飯店)
饭桌 (飯桌)
饭碗 (飯碗)
饭团 (飯糰)
饭菜 (飯菜)
饭馆 (飯館)

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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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