• 305th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 333 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Lu4)surname Lu
2. (lu4)road • CL:條|条[tiao2] • journey • route • line (bus etc) • sort • kind

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (lu4)The component is pronounced as 'zu' (zu5). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

一路 
公路 
走路 
路上 
路口 
路过 (路過)
路边 (路邊)
道路 
马路 (馬路)

Uncommon

上路 
出路 
十字路口 
半路 
南京路 
卡路里 
去路 
同路 
问路 (問路)
套路 
山路 
带路 (帶路)
后路 (後路)
心路 
思路 
指路 
末路 
歧路 
死路 
沿路 
狭路 (狹路)
短路 
线路 (線路)
行路 
赶路 (趕路)
路人 
路子 
路径 (路徑)
路易 
路易威登 
路况 (路況)
路灯 (路燈)
路由器 
路程 
路线 (路線)
路虎 
路费 (路費)
路面 
迷路 
退路 
铁路 (鐵路)
开路 (開路)
陌路 
电路 (電路)
顺路 (順路)
高速路 

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  • 1113th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 98 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dēng (deng1)lamp • light • lantern • CL:盞|盏[zhan3]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dēng (deng1)The component is pronounced as 'dīng' (ding1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

灯光 (燈光)
灯笼 (燈籠)

Uncommon

冰灯 (冰燈)
吊灯 (吊燈)
壁灯 (壁燈)
射灯 (射燈)
幻灯片 (幻燈片)
张灯结彩 (張燈結彩)
挑灯 (挑燈)
台灯 (檯燈)
熄灯 (熄燈)
灯塔 (燈塔)
灯泡 (燈泡)
灯火 (燈火)
灯火通明 (燈火通明)
灯管 (燈管)
灯红酒绿 (燈紅酒綠)
灯罩 (燈罩)
灯谜 (燈謎)
红灯 (紅燈)
红灯区 (紅燈區)
红绿灯 (紅綠燈)
绿灯 (綠燈)
聚光灯 (聚光燈)
花灯 (花燈)
华灯 (華燈)
街灯 (街燈)
路灯 (路燈)
闪光灯 (閃光燈)
开灯 (開燈)
闯红灯 (闖紅燈)
电灯 (電燈)
电灯泡 (電燈泡)
龙灯 (龍燈)

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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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