• 1509th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 31 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (qu1)to expel • to urge on • to drive • to run quickly

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (qu1)The component is pronounced as '' (qu1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

驱动 (驅動)
驱走 (驅走)
驱逐 (驅逐)
驱魔 (驅魔)

Uncommon

先驱 (先驅)
光驱 (光驅)
驱使 (驅使)
驱动力 (驅動力)
驱散 (驅散)
驱赶 (驅趕)
驱逐舰 (驅逐艦)
驱邪 (驅邪)
驱除 (驅除)

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  • 952nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 40 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhú (zhu2)to pursue • to chase • individually • one by one

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

追逐 
逐渐 (逐漸)

Uncommon

放逐 
角逐 
逐个 (逐個)
逐年 
逐步 
随波逐流 (隨波逐流)
驱逐 (驅逐)

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  • 849th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 43 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiàn (jian4)warship

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiàn (jian4)The component is pronounced as 'jiān' (jian1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for jiàn (jian4)The component is pronounced as 'jiàn' (jian4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
3. Pronunciation clue for jiàn (jian4)The component is pronounced as 'diǎn' (dian3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

旗舰 (旗艦)
旗舰店 (旗艦店)

Uncommon

巡洋舰 (巡洋艦)
战舰 (戰艦)
航空母舰 (航空母艦)
舰船 (艦船)
舰艇 (艦艇)
舰载 (艦載)
舰队 (艦隊)
军舰 (軍艦)
驱逐舰 (驅逐艦)

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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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