• 1193rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 142 words
  • Component in 14 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (wa3)roof tile • abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4], watt (loan)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (wa3)The component is pronounced as '' (wa3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

千瓦 
日内瓦 (日內瓦)
琉璃瓦 
瓦解 

Uncommon

兆瓦 
南迦巴瓦峰 
哈瓦那 
图瓦卢 (圖瓦盧)
土崩瓦解 
摩尔多瓦 (摩爾多瓦)
施瓦辛格 
泥瓦匠 
涅瓦河 
瓦努阿图 (瓦努阿圖)
瓦工 
瓦房店 
瓦房店市 
瓦斯 
瓦尔特 (瓦爾特)
瓦片 
瓦特 
瓦砾 (瓦礫)
瓦莱塔 (瓦萊塔)
瓦西里 
卢瓦尔河 (盧瓦爾河)
碧瓦 
砖瓦 (磚瓦)
科尔多瓦 (科爾多瓦)
科特迪瓦 
萨尔瓦多 (薩爾瓦多)
里瓦尔多 (里瓦爾多)
青瓦台 (青瓦臺)

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  • 1194th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 103 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lái (lai2)name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc) • Chenopodium album

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for lái (lai2)The component is pronounced as 'lái' (lai2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

劳斯莱斯 (勞斯萊斯)
好莱坞 (好萊塢)
宝莱坞 (寶萊塢)
欧莱雅 (歐萊雅)
莱西 (萊西)

Uncommon

克莱斯勒 (克萊斯勒)
奥特莱斯 (奧特萊斯)
巴克莱 (巴克萊)
布莱克本 (布萊克本)
布莱恩 (布萊恩)
布莱尔 (布萊爾)
托莱多 (托萊多)
文莱 (文萊)
莱切 (萊切)
莱卡 (萊卡)
莱斯特 (萊斯特)
莱昂纳多 (萊昂納多)
莱特 (萊特)
莱茵河 (萊茵河)
莱芜 (萊蕪)
莱阳 (萊陽)
莱阳市 (萊陽市)
蓬莱 (蓬萊)
阿德莱德 (阿德萊德)
雪莱 (雪萊)

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  • 1028th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 193 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ta3)pagoda • tower • minaret • stupa (abbr. loanword from Sanskrit tapo) • CL:座[zuo4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ta3)The component is pronounced as '' (da2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (ta3)The component is pronounced as '' (tu3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

金字塔 
铁塔 (鐵塔)

Uncommon

佛塔 
卡塔尔 (卡塔爾)
古塔 
塔利班 
塔吊 
塔城 
塔尖 
塔林 
塔楼 (塔樓)
塔尔寺 (塔爾寺)
塔罗 (塔羅)
塔里木 
大雁塔 
娜塔莉 
宝塔 (寶塔)
斜塔 
东京塔 (東京塔)
桑塔纳 (桑塔納)
炮塔 
灯塔 (燈塔)
聚沙成塔 
蛋塔 
西塔 
象牙塔 
贝塔 (貝塔)
金塔 
雁塔 
雷峰塔 
电视塔 (電視塔)
高塔 

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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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