• 1199th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 75 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
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3Graphical
丿丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shāo (shao1)to burn • to cook • to stew • to bake • to roast • fever

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

燃烧 (燃燒)
烧烤 (燒烤)
发烧 (發燒)

Uncommon

串烧 (串燒)
低烧 (低燒)
叉烧 (叉燒)
火烧 (火燒)
烧伤 (燒傷)
烧掉 (燒掉)
烧水 (燒水)
烧火 (燒火)
烧焦 (燒焦)
烧纸 (燒紙)
烧卖 (燒賣)
烧酒 (燒酒)
烧开 (燒開)
烧饼 (燒餅)
烧香 (燒香)
烧麦 (燒麥)
发烧友 (發燒友)
红烧 (紅燒)
红烧肉 (紅燒肉)
退烧 (退燒)
铁板烧 (鐵板燒)
高烧 (高燒)

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  • 795th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 210 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiǔ (jiu3)wine (esp. rice wine) • liquor • spirits • alcoholic beverage • CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

下酒 
啤酒 
酒吧 
酒店 

Uncommon

喜酒 
喝酒 
戒酒 
敬酒 
料酒 
清酒 
烟酒 (煙酒)
白酒 
茅台酒 (茅臺酒)
葡萄酒 
解酒 
酒味 
酒家 
酒席 
酒后 (酒後)
酒会 (酒會)
酒杯 
酒楼 (酒樓)
酒水 
酒窝 (酒窩)
酒精 
酒庄 (酒莊)
酒足饭饱 (酒足飯飽)
酒醉 
酒醒 
酒酿 (酒釀)
酒量 
酒驾 (酒駕)
酒鬼 
醉酒 
饮酒 (飲酒)
黄酒 (黃酒)

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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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