• 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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  • 1636th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 49 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xié (xie2)shoe • CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

鞋子 
高跟鞋 

Uncommon

休闲鞋 (休閒鞋)
帆布鞋 
拖鞋 
凉鞋 (涼鞋)
球鞋 
皮鞋 
运动鞋 (運動鞋)
鞋垫 (鞋墊)
鞋带 (鞋帶)

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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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