• 1001st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 105 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xuě (Xue3)surname Xue
2. xuě (xue3)snow • snowfall • CL:場|场[chang2] • to have the appearance of snow • to wipe away, off or out • to clean

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

下雪 
雪花 

Uncommon

冰雪 
大雪 
小雪 
滑雪 
瑞雪 
白雪 
积雪 (積雪)
雨夹雪 (雨夾雪)
雪人 
雪梨 
雪白 
雪碧 
雪糕 
雪豹 
风花雪月 (風花雪月)
飞雪 (飛雪)

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  • 2502nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 25 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bào (bao4)leopard • panther

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for bào (bao4)The component is pronounced as 'sháo' (shao2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for bào (bao4)The component is pronounced as 'bāo' (bao1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

雪豹 

Uncommon

海豹 
豹子 
金钱豹 (金錢豹)

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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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