• 586th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 101 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ju3)to lift • to hold up • to cite • to enumerate • to act • to raise • to choose • to elect

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ju3)The component is pronounced as '' (yu2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (ju3)The component is pronounced as '' (yu3). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for (ju3)The component is pronounced as '' (yu4). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for (ju3)The component is pronounced as 'jiù' (jiu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
5. Pronunciation clue for (ju3)The component is pronounced as 'shù' (shu4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

一举 (一舉)
举手 (舉手)
举行 (舉行)
举办 (舉辦)
选举 (選舉)

Uncommon

一举一动 (一舉一動)
创举 (創舉)
壮举 (壯舉)
举例 (舉例)
举动 (舉動)
举国 (舉國)
举报 (舉報)
举手投足 (舉手投足)
举措 (舉措)
举杯 (舉杯)
举棋不定 (舉棋不定)
举止 (舉止)
举起 (舉起)
轻而易举 (輕而易舉)

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  • 143rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 440 words
  • Component in 353 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shǒu (shou3)hand • (formal) to hold • person engaged in certain types of work • person skilled in certain types of work • personal(ly) • convenient • CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shǒu (shou3)The component is pronounced as 'shǒu' (shou3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

分手 
射手 
射手座 
手机 (手機)
手气 (手氣)

Uncommon

一手 
上手 
下手 
二手 
二手房 
人手 
伸手 
凶手 (兇手)
入手 
出手 
到手 
助手 
动手 (動手)
右手 
对手 (對手)
左手 
帮手 (幫手)
手下 
手册 (手冊)
手动 (手動)
手势 (手勢)
手套 
手写 (手寫)
手工 
手心 
手指 
手掌 
手提包 
手段 
手法 
手稿 
手续 (手續)
手续费 (手續費)
手腕 
手脚 (手腳)
手臂 
手艺 (手藝)
手术 (手術)
手表 (手錶)
手链 (手鏈)
手镯 (手鐲)
手头 (手頭)
把手 
拉手 
招手 
拱手 
拿手 
措手不及 
握手 
挥手 (揮手)
抢手 (搶手)
携手 (攜手)
放手 
新手 
枪手 (槍手)
歌手 
杀手 (殺手)
洗手 
牵手 (牽手)
空手 
联手 (聯手)
能手 
举手 (舉手)
举手投足 (舉手投足)
着手 (著手)
亲手 (親手)
选手 (選手)
释手 (釋手)
随手 (隨手)
顺手 (順手)
高手 

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  • 44th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.31% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 411 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhī (zhi1)(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) • him • her • it

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhī (zhi1)The component is pronounced as 'zhǔ' (zhu3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

之一 
之中 
之前 
之外 
之后 (之後)
之间 (之間)
总之 (總之)

Uncommon

一家之主 
一臂之力 
三分之一 
不败之地 (不敗之地)
久而久之 
之上 
之下 
之内 (之內)
之所以 
之际 (之際)
之类 (之類)
加之 
反之 
取而代之 
四分之一 
天伦之乐 (天倫之樂)
持之以恒 (持之以恆)
挥之不去 (揮之不去)
当之无愧 (當之無愧)
百分之百 
总而言之 (總而言之)
自知之明 
身外之物 

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  • 678th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 125 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. láo (lao2)toil
2. lào (lao4)to console

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for láo (lao2)The component is pronounced as '' (li4). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for lào (lao4)The component is pronounced as '' (li4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

功劳 (功勞)
劳动 (勞動)
劳资 (勞資)
勤劳 (勤勞)
疲劳 (疲勞)
麦当劳 (麥當勞)

Uncommon

不劳而获 (不勞而獲)
任劳任怨 (任勞任怨)
劳作 (勞作)
劳伦斯 (勞倫斯)
劳力 (勞力)
劳力士 (勞力士)
劳动力 (勞動力)
劳动节 (勞動節)
劳动者 (勞動者)
劳工 (勞工)
劳心 (勞心)
劳斯莱斯 (勞斯萊斯)
劳模 (勞模)
劳碌 (勞碌)
劳累 (勞累)
劳苦 (勞苦)
劳逸 (勞逸)
劳顿 (勞頓)
徒劳 (徒勞)
徒劳无功 (徒勞無功)
慰劳 (慰勞)
操劳 (操勞)
效劳 (效勞)
犒劳 (犒勞)
耐劳 (耐勞)
举手之劳 (舉手之勞)
辛劳 (辛勞)
过劳 (過勞)
酬劳 (酬勞)

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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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