• 3370th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 9 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. nóng (nong2)pus

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for nóng (nong2)The component is pronounced as 'nóng' (nong2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

化脓 (化膿)

Uncommon

化脓性 (化膿性)
流脓 (流膿)
脓包 (膿包)
脓疱 (膿皰)
脓肿 (膿腫)

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  • 1790th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 34 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhǒng (zhong3)to swell • swelling • swollen

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhǒng (zhong3)The component is pronounced as 'chóng' (chong2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhǒng (zhong3)The component is pronounced as 'zhòng' (zhong4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

水肿 (水腫)
浮肿 (浮腫)
消肿 (消腫)
肿瘤 (腫瘤)

Uncommon

囊肿 (囊腫)
红肿 (紅腫)
肿块 (腫塊)
肿大 (腫大)
肿胀 (腫脹)
臃肿 (臃腫)
鼻青脸肿 (鼻青臉腫)

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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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