• 1700th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 34 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. cuī (cui1)mourning garments
2. shuāi (shuai1)to decline • to wane • to become weak or feeble

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

衰老 

Uncommon

早衰 
衰弱 
衰败 (衰敗)
衰竭 
衰落 
衰退 
衰运 (衰運)

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  • 860th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 79 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bài (bai4)be defeated • to defeat • loss

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for bài (bai4)The component is pronounced as 'bèi' (bei4). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

失败 (失敗)
打败 (打敗)
击败 (擊敗)
腐败 (腐敗)

Uncommon

一败涂地 (一敗塗地)
不败之地 (不敗之地)
失败者 (失敗者)
惨败 (慘敗)
成败 (成敗)
挫败 (挫敗)
败坏 (敗壞)
败笔 (敗筆)
败类 (敗類)
独孤求败 (獨孤求敗)
连败 (連敗)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.