• 758th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 100 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

Common

女皇 
皇冠 
皇后 
皇帝 
皇马 (皇馬)

Uncommon

冠冕堂皇 
天皇 
玉皇大帝 
皇上 
皇城 
皇子 
皇室 
皇宫 (皇宮)
皇家 
秦始皇 
秦皇岛 (秦皇島)

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  • 413th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 446 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chéng (cheng2)city walls • city • town • CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for chéng (cheng2)The component is pronounced as 'chéng' (cheng2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

城市 

Uncommon

京城 
倾城 (傾城)
全城 
南城 
古城 
商城 
围城 (圍城)
城区 (城區)
城堡 
城府 
城墙 (城牆)
城管 
城乡 (城鄉)
城镇 (城鎮)
增城 
山城 
攻城 
新城 
曼城 
东城 (東城)
东城区 (東城區)
满城 (滿城)
省城 
禅城区 (禪城區)
县城 (縣城)
西城区 (西城區)
费城 (費城)
进城 (進城)
达坂城 (達坂城)
长城 (長城)
双城 (雙城)
韩城 (韓城)
盐城 (鹽城)
龙城 (龍城)

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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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