• 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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  • 1791st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 119 words
  • Component in 63 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dòu (dou4)variant of 豆[dou4]
2. dòu (dou4)bean • pea • CL:棵[ke1],粒[li4] • sacrificial vessel

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dòu (dou4)The component is pronounced as 'dòu' (dou4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

土豆 
红豆 (紅豆)
豆浆 (豆漿)
豆瓣 
豆腐 

Uncommon

吃豆腐 
咖啡豆 (咖啡荳)
土豆泥 
大豆 
扁豆 
毛豆 
纳豆 (納豆)
绿豆 (綠豆)
臭豆腐 
豆角 (荳角)
豆奶 
豆子 
豆沙 
豆瓣酱 (豆瓣醬)
豆腐渣 
豆腐脑 (豆腐腦)
豆花 
豆芽 
豆苗 
豆豉 
豆类 (豆類)
豌豆 
青豆 
麻豆 
黄豆 (黃荳)

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  • 1574th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 53 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
𠂇

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (fu3)decay • rotten

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (fu3)The component is pronounced as '' (fu3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

腐败 (腐敗)
豆腐 

Uncommon

反腐 
吃豆腐 
腐乳 
腐朽 
腐烂 (腐爛)
腐竹 
腐蚀 (腐蝕)
臭豆腐 
豆腐渣 
豆腐脑 (豆腐腦)
贪腐 (貪腐)
迂腐 
防腐剂 (防腐劑)

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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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