1. 臥
  2. 底

臥

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  • 1941st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 44 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
臥→
臣人
2Radical
臥→
臣minister/official人human
3Graphical
臥→
一㇗丨匚人

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wò (wo4)to lie • to crouch

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

卧室 (臥室)
卧底 (臥底)
卧虎 (臥虎)

Uncommon

仰卧 (仰臥)
俯卧撑 (俯臥撐)
侧卧 (側臥)
硬卧 (硬臥)
卧倒 (臥倒)
卧床 (臥床)
卧虎藏龙 (臥虎藏龍)
卧铺 (臥鋪)
卧龙 (臥龍)
软卧 (軟臥)

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底

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  • 543rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 136 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
底→
广氐
2Radical
底→
广house on cliff氏clan丶dot
3Graphical
底→
厂丶㇒㇗㇂一丶

Pinyin & Meaning

1. de (de5)(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)
2. dǐ (di3)background • bottom • base • the end of a period of time • towards the end of (last month)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 底 de (de5)The component 氐 is pronounced as 'dī' (di1). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for 底 de (de5)The component 氐 is pronounced as 'dǐ' (di3). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for 底 de (de5)The component 丶 is pronounced as 'diǎn' (dian3). It has the same pinyin initial.
4. Pronunciation clue for 底 dǐ (di3)The component 氐 is pronounced as 'dī' (di1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
5. Pronunciation clue for 底 dǐ (di3)The component 氐 is pronounced as 'dǐ' (di3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
6. Pronunciation clue for 底 dǐ (di3)The component 氏 is pronounced as 'shì' (shi4). It has the same pinyin final.
7. Pronunciation clue for 底 dǐ (di3)The component 氏 is pronounced as 'zhī' (zhi1). It has the same pinyin final.
8. Pronunciation clue for 底 dǐ (di3)The component 丶 is pronounced as 'diǎn' (dian3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

底 also appears in:
菧

Example Words

Common

到底 
彻底 (徹底)

Uncommon

平底 
年底 
底下 
底气 (底氣)
底片 
底线 (底線)
底部 
心底 
打底 
歇斯底里 
海底 
粉底 
卧底 (臥底)

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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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