• 926th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 126 words
  • Component in 93 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (yu3)rain • CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]
2. (yu4)to rain • (of rain, snow etc) to fall • to precipitate • to wet

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (yu3)The component is pronounced as '' (yu3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (yu3)The component is pronounced as '' (yu4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
3. Pronunciation clue for (yu4)The component is pronounced as '' (yu3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
4. Pronunciation clue for (yu4)The component is pronounced as '' (yu4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

下雨 

Uncommon

冒雨 
大雨 
小雨 
春雨 
暴雨 
暴风雨 (暴風雨)
毛毛雨 
流星雨 
淋雨 
烟雨 (煙雨)
细雨 (細雨)
阵雨 (陣雨)
雨伞 (雨傘)
雨天 
雨夹雪 (雨夾雪)
雨季 
雨林 
雨水 
雨滴 
风雨 (風雨)
风雨无阻 (風雨無阻)
骤雨 (驟雨)

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  • 48th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.29% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 321 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. hòu (Hou4)surname Hou
2. hòu (hou4)empress • queen
3. hòu (hou4)back • behind • rear • afterwards • after • later

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for hòu (hou4)The component is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

之后 (之後)
今后 (今後)
以后 (以後)
后来 (後來)
后悔 (後悔)
后面 (後面)
最后 (最後)
然后 (然後)

Uncommon

事后 (事後)
先后 (先後)
前后 (前後)
午后 (午後)
天后 
幕后 (幕後)
往后 (往後)
后世 (後世)
后人 (後人)
后代 (後代)
后台 (後台)
后天 (後天)
后宫 (後宮)
后年 (後年)
后期 (後期)
后果 (後果)
后续 (後續)
后者 (後者)
后卫 (後衛)
后退 (後退)
后遗症 (後遺症)
后边 (後邊)
后门 (後門)
日后 (日後)
此后 (此後)
死而后已 (死而後已)
皇后 
稍后 (稍後)
背后 (背後)
落后 (落後)
观后感 (觀後感)
身后 (身後)
过后 (過後)
酒后 (酒後)
随后 (隨後)

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  • 919th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 135 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chūn (Chun1)surname Chun
2. chūn (chun1)spring (time) • gay • joyful • youthful • love • lust • life

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for chūn (chun1)The component is pronounced as 'gǔn' (gun3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

新春 
春天 
春节 (春節)
春运 (春運)
青春 

Uncommon

春光 
春季 
春秋 
春联 (春聯)
春雨 
长春 (長春)
青春期 

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  • 3449th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 6 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. sǔn (sun3)bamboo shoot

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for sǔn (sun3)The component is pronounced as 'gǔn' (gun3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

芦笋 (蘆筍)

Uncommon

竹笋 (竹筍)
莴笋 (萵筍)
雨后春笋 (雨後春筍)

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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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