• 1062nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 135 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. sài (sai4)to compete • competition • match • to surpass • better than • superior to • to excel

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

比赛 (比賽)
决赛 (決賽)
赛季 (賽季)
赛车 (賽車)

Uncommon

公开赛 (公開賽)
冠军赛 (冠軍賽)
半决赛 (半決賽)
参赛 (參賽)
季后赛 (季後賽)
拉力赛 (拉力賽)
淘汰赛 (淘汰賽)
球赛 (球賽)
竞赛 (競賽)
赛事 (賽事)
赛场 (賽場)
赛程 (賽程)
赛跑 (賽跑)
赛点 (賽點)
足球赛 (足球賽)
锦标赛 (錦標賽)
开赛 (開賽)
马赛 (馬賽)
马赛克 (馬賽克)

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  • 862nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 68 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. páo (pao2)(of an animal) to paw (the ground)
2. pǎo (pao3)to run • to run away • to escape • to run around (on errands etc) • (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate • (verb complement) away • off

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for páo (pao2)The component is pronounced as 'bāo' (bao1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for pǎo (pao3)The component is pronounced as 'bāo' (bao1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

奔跑 
跑步 

Uncommon

快跑 
慢跑 
落跑 
赛跑 (賽跑)
起跑线 (起跑線)
赶跑 (趕跑)
跑出 
跑掉 
跑腿 
跑调 (跑調)
跑车 (跑車)
跑道 
跑鞋 
逃跑 
长跑 (長跑)
领跑 (領跑)

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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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