• 41st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.32% to your reading coverage
  • 5 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 150 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhāo (zhao1)(chess) move • trick • all right! • (dialect) to add
2. zháo (zhao2)to touch • to come in contact with • to feel • to be affected by • to catch fire • to fall asleep • to burn
3. zhe (zhe5)aspect particle indicating action in progress
4. zhuó (zhuo2)to wear (clothes) • to contact • to use • to apply
5. zhù (zhu4)to make known • to show • to prove • to write • book • outstanding

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhù (zhu4)The component is pronounced as '' (mu4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

执着 (執著)
接着 (接著)
睡着 (睡著)
着急 (著急)
走着瞧 (走著瞧)
随着 (隨著)

Uncommon

冒着 (冒著)
急着 (急著)
朝着 (朝著)
本着 (本著)
沉着 (沉著)
沿着 (沿著)
活着 (活著)
穿着 (穿著)
粘着 (粘著)
着力 (著力)
着实 (著實)
着想 (著想)
着手 (著手)
着凉 (著涼)
着火 (著火)
着眼 (著眼)
着落 (著落)
着装 (著裝)
着迷 (著迷)
着重 (著重)
着陆 (著陸)
衣着 (衣著)
跟着 (跟著)
附着 (附著)
顺着 (順著)

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  • 1579th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 50 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. liáng (Liang2)the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)
2. liáng (liang2)cool • cold

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

冰凉 (冰涼)
冲凉 (沖涼)
凉拌 (涼拌)
凉水 (涼水)
凄凉 (淒涼)
清凉 (清涼)

Uncommon

受凉 (受涼)
悲凉 (悲涼)
凉席 (涼席)
凉快 (涼快)
凉意 (涼意)
凉爽 (涼爽)
凉皮 (涼皮)
凉粉 (涼粉)
凉面 (涼面)
凉鞋 (涼鞋)
荒凉 (荒涼)
着凉 (著涼)
苍凉 (蒼涼)
阴凉 (陰涼)

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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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