• 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.

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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  • 1010th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 29 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. biàn (bian4)everywhere • all over • classifier for actions: one time

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for biàn (bian4)The component is pronounced as 'biǎn' (bian3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for biàn (bian4)The component is pronounced as 'piān' (pian1). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

普遍 

Uncommon

一遍 
找遍 
翻遍 
跑遍 
遍地 
遍布 
遍体鳞伤 (遍體鱗傷)

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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.