• 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.

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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  • 136th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.15% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 90 words
  • Component in 24 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yóu (you2)to follow • from • it is for...to • reason • cause • because of • due to • to • to leave it (to sb) • by (introduces passive verb)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

理由 
由于 (由於)
自由 

Uncommon

任由 
由来 (由來)
由衷 
听天由命 (聽天由命)
路由器 
身不由己 

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  • 441st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 385 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (qi4)device • tool • utensil • CL:臺|台[tai2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (qi4)The component is pronounced as 'quǎn' (quan3). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for (qi4)The component is pronounced as '' (ji2). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

兵器 
利器 
机器 (機器)
机器人 (機器人)
武器 

Uncommon

便器 
传感器 (傳感器)
仪器 (儀器)
充电器 (充電器)
凶器 (兇器)
加湿器 (加濕器)
加速器 
吸尘器 (吸塵器)
器具 
器官 
器材 
器械 
器皿 
器重 
报警器 (報警器)
容器 
性器官 
感应器 (感應器)
探测器 (探測器)
扬声器 (揚聲器)
散热器 (散熱器)
暗器 
服务器 (服務器)
核武器 
乐器 (樂器)
净水器 (淨水器)
灭火器 (滅火器)
浏览器 (瀏覽器)
热水器 (熱水器)
玉器 
瓷器 
生殖器 
石器 
听诊器 (聽診器)
脏器 (臟器)
处理器 (處理器)
计算器 (計算器)
警报器 (警報器)
读卡器 (讀卡器)
变压器 (變壓器)
路由器 
过滤器 (過濾器)
遥控器 (遙控器)
阅读器 (閱讀器)
离合器 (離合器)
电器 (電器)
显示器 (顯示器)

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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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