• 471st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 398 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. ā (A1)abbr. for Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]
2. ā (a1)prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity • used in transliteration • also pr. [a4]
3. ē (e1)flatter

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

阿哥 
阿姨 
阿妈 (阿媽)
阿弥陀佛 (阿彌陀佛)
阿门 (阿門)

Uncommon

东阿 (東阿)
沙特阿拉伯 
迈阿密 (邁阿密)
阿修罗 (阿修羅)
阿们 (阿們)
阿伦 (阿倫)
阿克苏 (阿克蘇)
阿公 
阿凡达 (阿凡達)
阿勒泰 
阿司匹林 
阿坝 (阿壩)
阿奶 
阿妹 
阿姆斯特丹 
阿姆斯特朗 
阿婆 
阿富汗 
阿布扎比 
阿弟 
阿德莱德 (阿德萊德)
阿拉 
阿拉丁 
阿拉伯 
阿拉伯人 
阿拉伯海 
阿拉伯语 (阿拉伯語)
阿拉斯加 
阿斗 
阿斯匹林 
阿明 
阿曼 
阿根廷 
阿森 
阿比 
阿波罗 (阿波羅)
阿爸 
阿爹 
阿尔卑斯 (阿爾卑斯)
阿尔卑斯山 (阿爾卑斯山)
阿尔及利亚 (阿爾及利亞)
阿尔法 (阿爾法)
阿甘正传 (阿甘正傳)
阿盟 
阿联酋 (阿聯酋)
阿胶 (阿膠)
阿莫西林 
阿萨姆 (阿薩姆)
阿萨德 (阿薩德)
阿兰 (阿蘭)
阿谀 (阿諛)
阿诺 (阿諾)
阿迪达斯 (阿迪達斯)
阿里 
阿里山 
阿里巴巴 
阿里郎 
阿难 (阿難)
阿飞 (阿飛)
阿鲁巴 (阿魯巴)

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  • 580th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 149 words
  • Component in 16 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dǒu (Dou3)abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]
2. dǒu (dou3)dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] • decaliter • peck • cup or dipper shaped object • old variant of 陡[dou3]
3. dòu (dou4)to fight • to struggle • to condemn • to censure • to contend • to put together • coming together
4. dòu (dou4)variant of 鬥|斗[dou4], to fight • to struggle • to condemn • to censure • to contend • to put together • coming together

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dǒu (dou3)The component is pronounced as 'dǒu' (dou3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for dǒu (dou3)The component is pronounced as 'dòu' (dou4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
3. Pronunciation clue for dòu (dou4)The component is pronounced as 'dòu' (dou4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
4. Pronunciation clue for dòu (dou4)The component is pronounced as 'dǒu' (dou3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
5. Pronunciation clue for dòu (dou4)The component is pronounced as 'dòu' (dou4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

奋斗 (奮鬥)
战斗 (戰鬥)

Uncommon

勾心斗角 (勾心鬥角)
北斗 
战斗力 (戰鬥力)
战斗机 (戰鬥機)
打斗 (打鬥)
批斗 (批鬥)
拼斗 (拼鬥)
搏斗 
斗牛 
斗篷 
格斗 (格鬥)
决斗 (決鬥)
漏斗 
熨斗 
争斗 (爭鬥)
阿斗 
斗嘴 (鬥嘴)
斗士 (鬥士)
斗志 (鬥志)
斗智 (鬥智)
斗争 (鬥爭)
斗牛士 (鬥牛士)

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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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