1. 養
  2. 老

養

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  • 759th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 91 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
養→
No glyph available良
2Radical
養→
羊sheep八eight/divide艮stopping丶dot
3Graphical
養→
一二丨丷八丨㇕二乚冫丶

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yǎng (yang3)to raise (animals) • to bring up (children) • to keep (pets) • to support • to give birth

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 養 yǎng (yang3)The component 羊 is pronounced as 'yáng' (yang2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

High Frequency

保养 (保養)
修养 (修養)
培养 (培養)
收养 (收養)
营养 (營養)
养 (養)
养成 (養成)
养父 (養父)
养生 (養生)

Medium Frequency

休养 (休養)
供养 (供養)
包养 (包養)
家养 (家養)
寄养 (寄養)
抚养 (撫養)
教养 (教養)
涵养 (涵養)
滋养 (滋養)
素养 (素養)
调养 (調養)
领养 (領養)
饲养 (飼養)
养分 (養分)
养家 (養家)
养性 (養性)
养活 (養活)
养病 (養病)
养神 (養神)
养精蓄锐 (養精蓄銳)
养老 (養老)
养老金 (養老金)
养老院 (養老院)
养育 (養育)
养护 (養護)
喂养 (餵養)
驯养 (馴養)
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老

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  • 179th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.12% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 178 words
  • Component in 71 characters

Decomposition

1Once
老→
耂匕
2Radical
老→
老old
3Graphical
老→
耂乚㇒

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lǎo (lao3)prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity • old (of people) • venerable (person) • experienced • of long standing • always • all the time • of the past • very • outdated • (of meat etc) tough

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 老 lǎo (lao3)The component 老 is pronounced as 'lǎo' (lao3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

老 also appears in:
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Example Words

High Frequency

老 
老公 
老婆 
老妈 (老媽)
老师 (老師)
老爸 
老板 (老闆)

Medium Frequency

古老 
回老家 
年老 
老人 
老人家 
老外 
老大 
老天 
老天爷 (老天爺)
老太太 
老娘 
老子 
老家 
老实 (老實)
老年 
老年人 
老弟 
老是 
老板娘 
老爷 (老爺)
老百姓 
老虎 
老乡 (老鄉)
老头 (老頭)
老鼠 
衰老 
养老金 (養老金)
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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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