• 1242nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 148 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
No glyph availableoneN/Adotfire
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Wu1)abbr. for Ukraine 烏克蘭|乌克兰[Wu1 ke4 lan2] • surname Wu
2. (wu1)crow • black

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (wu1)The component is pronounced as 'zhǔ' (zhu3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

乌托邦 (烏托邦)
乌云 (烏雲)
乌鲁木齐 (烏魯木齊)
乌鸦 (烏鴉)
乌龙 (烏龍)
乌龙茶 (烏龍茶)
乌龟 (烏龜)
义乌 (義烏)

Uncommon

化为乌有 (化為烏有)
爱屋及乌 (愛屋及烏)
乌七八糟 (烏七八糟)
乌伦古湖 (烏倫古湖)
乌克兰 (烏克蘭)
乌冬面 (烏冬面)
乌合之众 (烏合之眾)
乌干达 (烏干達)
乌拉圭 (烏拉圭)
乌泱乌泱 (烏泱烏泱)
乌海 (烏海)
乌烟瘴气 (烏煙瘴氣)
乌纱帽 (烏紗帽)
乌兹别克斯坦 (烏茲別克斯坦)
乌苏 (烏蘇)
乌兰察布 (烏蘭察布)
乌兰察布市 (烏蘭察布市)
乌兰巴托 (烏蘭巴托)
乌兰浩特 (烏蘭浩特)
乌贼 (烏賊)
乌鸡 (烏雞)
乌青 (烏青)
乌骨鸡 (烏骨雞)
乌鲁木齐市 (烏魯木齊市)
乌鸦嘴 (烏鴉嘴)
乌黑 (烏黑)
义乌市 (義烏市)

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  • 1382nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 51 words
  • Component in 9 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dōng (dong1)winter
2. dōng (Dong1)surname Dong
3. dōng (dong1)sound of beating a drum • onomatopoeia for rat-a-tat etc

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

冬天 
冬季 

Uncommon

冬瓜 
冬眠 
寒冬 
过冬 (過冬)

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  • 74th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.22% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 455 words
  • Component in 8 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. miàn (mian4)face • side • surface • aspect • top • classifier for flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
2. miàn (mian4)variant of 麵|面[mian4]
3. miàn (mian4)flour • noodles

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for miàn (mian4)The component is pronounced as 'miàn' (mian4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for miàn (mian4)The component is pronounced as 'miàn' (mian4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

上面 
下面 
前面 
外面 
封面 
后面 (後面)
方面 
桌面 
界面 
画面 (畫面)
表面 
里面 (裡面)
见面 (見面)
铁面 (鐵面)
面前 
面对 (面對)
面包 (麵包)

Uncommon

一面 
假面 
侧面 (側面)
全面 
冷面 
出面 
反面 
地面 
场面 (場面)
对面 (對面)
局面 
层面 (層面)
市面 
平面 
店面 
拉面 (拉麵)
拌面 (拌麵)
扑面 (撲面)
方便面 (方便麵)
正面 
水面 
泡面 (泡麵)
洗面 
洗面奶 
泪流满面 (淚流滿面)
满面 (滿面)
炒面 (炒麵)
炸酱面 (炸醬麵)
热干面 (熱乾面)
牛肉面 (牛肉麵)
当面 (當面)
背面 
台面 (臺面)
谋面 (謀面)
负面 (負面)
路面 
迎面 
双面 (雙面)
面值 
面具 
面向 (面嚮)
面壁 
面子 
面孔 
面容 
面对面 (面對面)
面料 
面目 
面积 (面積)
面膜 
面临 (面臨)
面色 
面试 (面試)
面貌 
面部 
面霜 
页面 (頁面)
面条 (麵條)
面粉 (麵粉)
面糊 (麵糊)
面团 (麵糰)

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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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