• 76th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.22% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 116 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. kān (kan1)to look after • to take care of • to watch • to guard
2. kàn (kan4)to see • to look at • to read • to watch • to consider • to regard as • to view as • to treat as • to judge • (after repeated verb) to give it a try • depending on (how you're judging) • to visit • to call on • to treat (an illness) • to look after • Watch out! (for a danger)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

好看 
查看 
看看 

Uncommon

看似 
看来 (看來)
看出 
看好 
看待 
看懂 
看书 (看書)
看法 
看清 
看见 (看見)
看透 
观看 (觀看)

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  • 529th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 113 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (hu4)to protect

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (hu4)The component is pronounced as 'huò' (huo4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

保护 (保護)
呵护 (呵護)
守护 (守護)
维护 (維護)
护士 (護士)
护理 (護理)
护肤 (護膚)

Uncommon

保护区 (保護區)
守护神 (守護神)
庇护 (庇護)
爱护 (愛護)
掩护 (掩護)
拥护 (擁護)
救护车 (救護車)
特护 (特護)
看护 (看護)
护手霜 (護手霜)
护照 (護照)
护膝 (護膝)
护航 (護航)
护卫 (護衛)
护身符 (護身符)
护送 (護送)
护发素 (護髮素)
辩护 (辯護)
防护 (防護)
养护 (養護)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.