• 2101st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 44 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chòu (chou4)stench • stink • smelly • to smell (bad)
2. xiù (xiu4)sense of smell • smell bad

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

臭美 

Uncommon

口臭 
恶臭 (惡臭)
臭味 
臭味相投 
臭屁 
臭气 (臭氣)
臭氧 
臭骂 (臭罵)
臭豆腐 

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  • 842nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 97 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wèi (wei4)taste • smell

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for wèi (wei4)The component is pronounced as 'wèi' (wei4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

味道 
美味 

Uncommon

一味 
乏味 
入味 
口味 
味儿 (味兒)
味精 
品味 
回味 
意味 
气味 (氣味)
滋味 
无味 (無味)
臭味相投 
调味 (調味)
趣味 
韵味 (韻味)
风味 (風味)
香味 

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  • 152nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 334 words
  • Component in 8 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiāng (Xiang1)surname Xiang
2. xiāng (xiang1)each other • one another • mutually
3. xiàng (xiang4)appearance • portrait • picture

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

互相 
相信 
相册 (相冊)
相爱 (相愛)
相机 (相機)
相当 (相當)
相亲 (相親)
真相 

Uncommon

亮相 
意气相投 (意氣相投)
照相 
照相机 (照相機)
相互 
相交 
相伴 
相似 
相依 
相依为命 (相依為命)
相传 (相傳)
相公 
相助 
相反 
相同 
相对 (相對)
相差 
相干 
相待 
相应 (相應)
相恋 (相戀)
相投 
相撞 
相会 (相會)
相望 
相比 
相濡以沫 
相片 
相当于 (相當於)
相称 (相稱)
相约 (相約)
相继 (相繼)
相聚 
相声 (相聲)
相处 (相處)
相见 (相見)
相见恨晚 (相見恨晚)
相识 (相識)
相貌 
相通 
相逢 
相连 (相連)
相遇 
相邻 (相鄰)
相关 (相關)
相隔 
臭味相投 
卖相 (賣相)
长相 (長相)

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  • 516th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 121 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tóu (tou2)to throw • to send • to invest

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for tóu (tou2)The component is pronounced as 'shǒu' (shou3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

投票 

Uncommon

意气相投 (意氣相投)
投入 
投稿 
投诉 (投訴)
投资 (投資)
投资者 (投資者)
相投 

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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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