• 354th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 67 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

High Frequency

创造 (創造)
建造 
营造 (營造)
造型 
造成 

Medium Frequency

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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  • 2936th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 12 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. niè (nie4)son born of a concubine • disaster • sin • evil

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

作孽 

Medium Frequency

妖孽 
孽缘 (孽緣)
罪孽 
造孽 
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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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