• 1916th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 26 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Ge3)surname Ge
2. (ge2)kudzu (Pueraria lobata) • hemp cloth

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ge2)The component is pronounced as '' (he2). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

诸葛亮 (諸葛亮)

Uncommon

瓜葛 
纠葛 (糾葛)
葛优 (葛優)
诸葛 (諸葛)

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  • 700th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 121 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhōu (zhou1)continent • island

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhōu (zhou1)The component is pronounced as 'zhōu' (zhou1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

亚洲 (亞洲)
欧洲 (歐洲)
澳洲 
非洲 

Uncommon

三角洲 
五洲 
大洲 
株洲 
欧洲人 (歐洲人)
欧洲杯 (歐洲杯)
沙洲 
洲际 (洲際)
绿洲 (綠洲)
美洲 
非洲人 
香洲 
香洲区 (香洲區)

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  • 2780th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 32 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ba4)dam • dike • embankment • CL:條|条[tiao2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ba4)The component is pronounced as 'bèi' (bei4). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

大坝 (大壩)
沙坪坝 (沙坪壩)
阿坝 (阿壩)

Uncommon

堤坝 (堤壩)
平坝 (平壩)
水坝 (水壩)
沙坝 (沙壩)
溃坝 (潰壩)
留坝 (留壩)
葛洲坝 (葛洲壩)
阿坝州 (阿壩州)

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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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