1. 苦
  2. 盡
  3. 甘
  4. 來

苦

Previous (校)Next (创)
  • 633rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 164 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
苦→
艹古
2Radical
苦→
艹grass十ten口mouth
3Graphical
苦→
艹一丨口

Pinyin & Meaning

1. kǔ (ku3)bitter • hardship • pain • to suffer • to bring suffering to • painstakingly

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 苦 kǔ (ku3)The component 古 is pronounced as 'gǔ' (gu3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for 苦 kǔ (ku3)The component 口 is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

痛苦 
辛苦 

Uncommon

何苦 
刻苦 
劳苦 (勞苦)
千辛万苦 (千辛萬苦)
受苦 
吃苦 
艰苦 (艱苦)
苦力 
苦命 
苦工 
苦心 
苦闷 (苦悶)
苦恼 (苦惱)
苦涩 (苦澀)
苦瓜 
苦痛 
苦笑 
苦苦 
苦难 (苦難)
诉苦 (訴苦)
辛辛苦苦 
酸甜苦辣 

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盡

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Previous (号)Next (另)
  • 488th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 96 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
盡→
No glyph available皿
2Radical
盡→
⺻brush灬fire皿dish
3Graphical
盡→
匚一丨一灬冂丨一

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jìn (jin4)to use up • to exhaust • to end • to finish • to the utmost • exhausted • finished • to the limit (of sth)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 盡 jìn (jin4)The component 皿 is pronounced as 'mǐn' (min3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

用尽 (用盡)
尽力 (盡力)
尽快 (盡快)
尽情 (盡情)
尽兴 (盡興)
尽量 (盡量)
尽头 (盡頭)

Uncommon

一网打尽 (一網打盡)
一言难尽 (一言難盡)
倾尽 (傾盡)
受尽 (受盡)
意犹未尽 (意猶未盡)
应有尽有 (應有盡有)
散尽 (散盡)
历尽 (歷盡)
殆尽 (殆盡)
淋漓尽致 (淋漓盡致)
无穷无尽 (無窮無盡)
尽力而为 (盡力而為)
尽善尽美 (盡善盡美)
尽孝 (盡孝)
尽心 (盡心)
尽心尽力 (盡心盡力)
尽收眼底 (盡收眼底)
尽职 (盡職)
尽责 (盡責)
穷尽 (窮盡)
竭尽全力 (竭盡全力)
筋疲力尽 (筋疲力盡)
精疲力尽 (精疲力盡)
绞尽脑汁 (絞盡腦汁)
耗尽 (耗盡)
苦尽甘来 (苦盡甘來)
费尽心机 (費盡心機)
鞠躬尽瘁 (鞠躬盡瘁)

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甘

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Previous (旗)Next (耐)
  • 1406th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 84 words
  • Component in 67 characters

Decomposition

1Once
甘→
艹二
2Radical
甘→
甘sweet
3Graphical
甘→
艹二

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gān (Gan1)surname Gan • abbr. for Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 su4 Sheng3]
2. gān (gan1)sweet • willing

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 甘 gān (gan1)The component 甘 is pronounced as 'gān' (gan1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

甘 also appears in:
其斯期基某甚谋旗甘媒欺煤堪甜棋撕勘嘶嵌厮琪斟湛钳祺酣簸邯淇谌柑箕苷麒戡绀箝綦甙蚶泔葚疳椹澌骐坩萁碁蜞鯕鲯磡霮諆禥簯粓糂踸黮稘粸紺謀禖魽

Example Words

Common

心甘情愿 (心甘情願)
甘心 

Uncommon

不甘心 
同甘共苦 
心甘 
洋甘菊 
甘之如饴 (甘之如飴)
甘地 
甘孜 
甘于 (甘於)
甘油 
甘泉 
甘甜 
甘肃 (甘肅)
甘肃省 (甘肅省)
甘苦 
甘草 
甘蔗 
甘蓝 (甘藍)
甘愿 (甘願)
苦尽甘来 (苦盡甘來)
阿甘正传 (阿甘正傳)

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來

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Previous (中)Next (上)
  • 15th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 308 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
來→
木从
2Radical
來→
木tree从N/A
3Graphical
來→
一丨八从

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lái (lai2)to come • to arrive • to come round • ever since • next

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

來 also appears in:
麥睞萊鶆賚

Example Words

Common

下来 (下來)
来自 (來自)
来说 (來說)
出来 (出來)
原来 (原來)
回来 (回來)
带来 (帶來)
从来 (從來)
拿来 (拿來)
未来 (未來)
本来 (本來)
看来 (看來)
起来 (起來)
越来越 (越來越)
过来 (過來)
醒来 (醒來)

Uncommon

上来 (上來)
以来 (以來)
来到 (來到)
来回 (來回)
来年 (來年)
来源 (來源)
来生 (來生)
来临 (來臨)
来电 (來電)
传来 (傳來)
到来 (到來)
到头来 (到頭來)
前来 (前來)
向来 (向來)
如来 (如來)
将来 (將來)
后来 (後來)
想来 (想來)
打来 (打來)
接下来 (接下來)
用来 (用來)
翻来覆去 (翻來覆去)
进来 (進來)

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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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