• 1440th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 65 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huò (Huo4)surname Huo
2. huò (huo4)suddenly

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

挥霍 (揮霍)

Uncommon

挥霍无度 (揮霍無度)
炉霍县 (爐霍縣)
霍尔木兹 (霍爾木茲)
霍华德 (霍華德)
霍金 

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  • 325th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 290 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ge2)square • frame • rule • (legal) case • style • character • standard • pattern • (classical) to obstruct • to hinder • (classical) to arrive • to come • (classical) to investigate • to study exhaustively

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ge2)The component is pronounced as '' (ge4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

人格 
价格 (價格)
性格 
格外 
格格 
资格 (資格)
风格 (風格)

Uncommon

出格 
及格 
合格 
品格 
严格 (嚴格)
定格 
布拉格 
格子 
格局 
格式 
格式化 
格林 
格格不入 
格言 
格调 (格調)
格斗 (格鬥)
空格 
英格兰 (英格蘭)
苏格拉底 (蘇格拉底)
苏格兰 (蘇格蘭)
表格 
规格 (規格)
香格里拉 
体格 (體格)

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  • 1806th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 43 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (wo4)fertile • rich • to irrigate • to wash (of river)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

沃尔沃 (沃爾沃)
沃尔玛 (沃爾瑪)
达沃斯 (達沃斯)

Uncommon

密尔沃基 (密爾沃基)
沃伦 (沃倫)
沃土 
沃达丰 (沃達豐)
沃野 
肥沃 

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  • 1933rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 39 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ci2)Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris) • to thatch (a roof)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ci2)The component is pronounced as '' (ci4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for (ci2)The component is pronounced as 'cǎo' (cao3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

盖茨 (蓋茨)

Uncommon

弗罗茨瓦夫 (弗羅茨瓦夫)
波茨坦 
罗伯茨 (羅伯茨)
美因茨 
茨城 
茨菰 
盖茨比 (蓋茨比)
萨尔茨堡 (薩爾茨堡)
阿尔茨海默氏症 (阿爾茨海默氏症)
霍格沃茨 
霍洛维茨 (霍洛維茨)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.