• 661st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 165 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
𢆶

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yào (yao4)medicine • drug • cure • CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yào (yao4)The component is pronounced as 'yuè' (Yue4). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for yào (yao4)The component is pronounced as 'yuè' (yue4). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for yào (yao4)The component is pronounced as 'cǎo' (cao3). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

中药 (中藥)
吃药 (吃藥)
安眠药 (安眠藥)
山药 (山藥)
感冒药 (感冒藥)
毒药 (毒藥)
良药 (良藥)
药局 (藥局)
药店 (藥店)
药物 (藥物)
农药 (農藥)
医药 (醫藥)

Uncommon

中草药 (中草藥)
入药 (入藥)
制药 (制藥)
吃错药 (吃錯藥)
对症下药 (對症下藥)
弹药 (彈藥)
服药 (服藥)
止痛药 (止痛藥)
消炎药 (消炎藥)
泻药 (瀉藥)
火药 (火藥)
炸药 (炸藥)
无可救药 (無可救藥)
眼药水 (眼藥水)
膏药 (膏藥)
芍药 (芍藥)
草药 (草藥)
药丸 (藥丸)
药剂 (藥劑)
药品 (藥品)
药房 (藥房)
药方 (藥方)
药材 (藥材)
药水 (藥水)
药片 (藥片)
药瓶 (藥瓶)
药用 (藥用)
药监局 (藥監局)
药膏 (藥膏)
药膳 (藥膳)
补药 (補藥)
西药 (西藥)
解药 (解藥)
退烧药 (退燒藥)
避孕药 (避孕藥)
配药 (配藥)
开药 (開藥)
灵药 (靈藥)
麻药 (麻藥)

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  • 836th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 71 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiān (jian1)hard • strong • solid • firm • to supervise • to inspect • jail • prison
2. jiàn (jian4)supervisor

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiān (jian1)The component is pronounced as 'diǎn' (dian3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for jiàn (jian4)The component is pronounced as 'diǎn' (dian3). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

太监 (太監)
监控 (監控)
监测 (監測)
监狱 (監獄)
监督 (監督)
监管 (監管)
监考 (監考)
总监 (總監)
证监会 (證監會)

Uncommon

监察 (監察)
监禁 (監禁)
监制 (監製)
监视 (監視)
监护 (監護)
药监局 (藥監局)

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  • 483rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 152 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ju2)narrow
2. (ju2)office • situation • classifier for games: match, set, round etc

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

局长 (局長)
结局 (結局)
饭局 (飯局)
骗局 (騙局)

Uncommon

一局 
布局 (佈局)
局限 (侷限)
僵局 
全局 
公安局 
出局 
分局 
大局 
定局 
局势 (局勢)
局部 
局限于 (局限於)
局面 
平局 
政治局 
格局 
残局 (殘局)
气象局 (氣象局)
牌局 
环保局 (環保局)
当局 (當局)
税务局 (稅務局)
总局 (總局)
药局 (藥局)
药监局 (藥監局)
规划局 (規劃局)
警察局 
邮局 (郵局)
邮政局 (郵政局)
开局 (開局)

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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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