• 354th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 122 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zào (zao4)to make • to build • to invent • to manufacture

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zào (zao4)The component is pronounced as 'gào' (gao4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

创造 (創造)
建造 
营造 (營造)
造型 
造成 

Uncommon

人造 
制造业 (制造業)
创造力 (創造力)
塑造 
打造 
改造 
制造 (製造)
造假 
造句 
造孽 
造就 

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  • 237th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 300 words
  • Component in 16 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. fǎn (fan3)contrary • in reverse • inside-out or upside-down • to reverse • to return • to oppose • opposite • against • anti- • to rebel • to use analogy • instead • abbr. for 反切 phonetic system

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

反应 (反應)
反正 

Uncommon

反之 
反倒 
反光 
反反复复 (反反復復)
反问 (反問)
反射 
反对 (反對)
反差 
反常 
反弹 (反彈)
反复 (反復)
反思 
反悔 
反感 
反抗 
反击 (反擊)
反映 
反省 
反而 
反胃 
反腐 
反转 (反轉)
反锁 (反鎖)
反面 
反馈 (反饋)
反驳 (反駁)
相反 
义无反顾 (義無反顧)
辗转反侧 (輾轉反側)
造反 
违反 (違反)

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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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