• 1279th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 76 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gǒu (gou3)dog • CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for gǒu (gou3)The component is pronounced as 'gōu' (gou1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for gǒu (gou3)The component is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

小狗 
狗屁 
狗屎 

Uncommon

打狗 
搜狗 
热狗 (熱狗)
狗仔队 (狗仔隊)
狗吠 
狗日 
狗熊 
狗窝 (狗窩)
狗肉 
狗血 
狼心狗肺 
走狗 
遛狗 

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  • 1959th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 48 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (wo1)nest • pit or hollow on the human body • lair • den • place • to harbor or shelter • to hold in check • to bend • classifier for litters and broods

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

被窝 (被窩)

Uncommon

一窝蜂 (一窩蜂)
燕窝 (燕窩)
狗窝 (狗窩)
眼窝 (眼窩)
窝囊 (窩囊)
窝心 (窩心)
蜂窝 (蜂窩)
酒窝 (酒窩)
鸟窝 (鳥窩)

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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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