• 1951st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 11 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhòu (zhou4)to wrinkle • wrinkled • to crease

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

皱纹 (皺紋)

Medium Frequency

 ()
皱眉 (皺眉)
褶皱 (褶皺)
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  • 1458th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 42 words
  • Component in 10 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
lineNo glyph availablelineeye
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. méi (mei2)eyebrow • upper margin

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for méi (mei2)The component is pronounced as '' (mu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

 
眉毛 
眉眼 
美眉 

Medium Frequency

峨眉 
峨眉山 
皱眉 (皺眉)
眉来眼去 (眉來眼去)
眉山 
眉梢 
眉清目秀 
眉目 
眉笔 (眉筆)
眉间 (眉間)
眉头 (眉頭)
迫在眉睫 
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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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