• 1760th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 41 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhū (zhu1)hog • pig • swine • CL:口[kou3],頭|头[tou2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhū (zhu1)The component is pronounced as 'zhě' (zhe3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

猪肉 (豬肉)
猪蹄 (豬蹄)
猪头 (豬頭)

Uncommon

乳猪 (乳豬)
公猪 (公豬)
猪八戒 (豬八戒)
猪排 (豬排)
猪油 (豬油)
野猪 (野豬)

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  • 451st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 181 words
  • Component in 547 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ba1)eight • 8

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ba1)The component is pronounced as '' (ba1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Appears In

also appears in:
殿忿椿觿輿

Example Words

Common

乱七八糟 (亂七八糟)
八十 
八卦 
八戒 
八月 
十八 
王八蛋 

Uncommon

七七八八 
七上八下 
七嘴八舌 
三八 
二八 
五花八门 (五花八門)
八仙 
八佰伴 
八卦掌 
八哥 
八婆 
八成 
八方 
八角 
八达岭 (八達嶺)
八音盒 
四面八方 
天龙八部 (天龍八部)
王八 
胡说八道 (胡說八道)
腊八粥 (臘八粥)
猪八戒 (豬八戒)
杂七杂八 (雜七雜八)

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  • 1564th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 48 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiè (jie4)to guard against • to exhort • to admonish or warn • to give up or stop doing sth • Buddhist monastic discipline • ring (for a finger)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

戒指 
戒烟 (戒煙)
戒酒 
钻戒 (鑽戒)

Uncommon

八戒 
戒备 (戒備)
猪八戒 (豬八戒)

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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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