• 1739th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 50 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
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3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xióng (Xiong2)surname Xiong
2. xióng (xiong2)bear • to scold • to rebuke • brilliant light • to shine brightly

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

熊猫 (熊貓)

Uncommon

北极熊 (北極熊)
大熊猫 (大熊貓)
泰迪熊 
浣熊 
熊市 
熊掌 
熊熊 
熊猫眼 (熊貓眼)
狗熊 
黑熊 

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  • 1671st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 55 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. māo (mao1)cat • CL:隻|只[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for māo (mao1)The component is pronounced as 'miáo' (miao2). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for māo (mao1)The component is pronounced as 'cǎo' (cao3). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

夜猫子 (夜貓子)
熊猫 (熊貓)
猫咪 (貓咪)

Uncommon

加菲猫 (加菲貓)
大熊猫 (大熊貓)
波斯猫 (波斯貓)
熊猫眼 (熊貓眼)
狸猫 (狸貓)
猫儿 (貓兒)
猫眼 (貓眼)
猫腻 (貓膩)
猫头鹰 (貓頭鷹)
躲猫猫 (躲貓貓)
龙猫 (龍貓)

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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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