• 179th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.12% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 276 words
  • Component in 71 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lǎo (lao3)prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity • old (of people) • venerable (person) • experienced • of long standing • always • all the time • of the past • very • outdated • (of meat etc) tough

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for lǎo (lao3)The component is pronounced as 'lǎo' (lao3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

老公 
老婆 
老妈 (老媽)
老子 
老家 
老师 (老師)
老爸 
老板 (老闆)

Uncommon

偕老 
古老 
回老家 
年老 
白头偕老 (白頭偕老)
老人 
老人家 
老化 
老外 
老大 
老天 
老天爷 (老天爺)
老太 
老太太 
老娘 
老实 (老實)
老年 
老年人 
老弟 
老早 
老是 
老板娘 
老汉 (老漢)
老爷 (老爺)
老爷爷 (老爺爺)
老百姓 
老虎 
老乡 (老鄉)
老头 (老頭)
老头子 (老頭子)
老鼠 
苍老 (蒼老)
衰老 
养老 (養老)
养老金 (養老金)

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  • 920th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 345 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available丿
2Radical
No glyph available丿bend
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiāng (xiang1)country or countryside • native place • home village or town • township (PRC administrative unit)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

他乡 (他鄉)
家乡 (家鄉)
故乡 (故鄉)
异乡 (異鄉)
老乡 (老鄉)
返乡 (返鄉)
乡下 (鄉下)
乡村 (鄉村)
乡里 (鄉里)

Uncommon

下乡 (下鄉)
入乡随俗 (入鄉隨俗)
同乡 (同鄉)
城乡 (城鄉)
梦乡 (夢鄉)
宁乡 (寧鄉)
思乡 (思鄉)
新乡 (新鄉)
新乡市 (新鄉市)
桐乡 (桐鄉)
桐乡市 (桐鄉市)
背井离乡 (背井離鄉)
萍乡 (萍鄉)
衣锦还乡 (衣錦還鄉)
西乡 (西鄉)
还乡 (還鄉)
乡下人 (鄉下人)
乡人 (鄉人)
乡土 (鄉土)
乡巴佬 (鄉巴佬)
乡情 (鄉情)
乡愁 (鄉愁)
乡亲 (鄉親)
乡镇 (鄉鎮)
乡长 (鄉長)
乡间 (鄉間)
乡音 (鄉音)
鱼米之乡 (魚米之鄉)

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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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