• 758th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 51 words
  • Component in 14 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huáng (Huang2)emperor • surname Huang

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

女皇 
 
皇冠 
皇后 
皇帝 
皇马 (皇馬)

Medium Frequency

冠冕堂皇 
天皇 
玉皇大帝 
皇上 
皇子 
皇室 
皇宫 (皇宮)
皇家 
秦始皇 
秦皇岛 (秦皇島)
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  • 48th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.29% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 174 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. hòu (Hou4)surname Hou
2. hòu (hou4)empress • queen
3. hòu (hou4)back • behind • rear • afterwards • after • later

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for hòu (hou4)The component is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

之后 (之後)
以后 (以後)
 
最后 (最後)
然后 (然後)

Medium Frequency

事后 (事後)
今后 (今後)
先后 (先後)
前后 (前後)
午后 (午後)
天后 
幕后 (幕後)
往后 (往後)
后代 (後代)
后来 (後來)
后台 (後台)
后天 (後天)
后宫 (後宮)
后年 (後年)
后悔 (後悔)
后期 (後期)
后果 (後果)
后者 (後者)
后卫 (後衛)
后退 (後退)
后遗症 (後遺症)
后面 (後面)
日后 (日後)
皇后 
背后 (背後)
落后 (落後)
身后 (身後)
过后 (過後)
酒后 (酒後)
随后 (隨後)
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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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