• 134th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.15% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 515 words
  • Component in 21 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gāo (Gao1)surname Gao
2. gāo (gao1)high • tall • above average • loud • your (honorific)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for gāo (gao1)The component is pronounced as 'gāo' (gao1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

提高 
身高 
高中 
高度 
高手 
高清 
高级 (高級)
高考 
高兴 (高興)
高跟鞋 
高速 

Uncommon

增高 
崇高 
抬高 
升高 (昇高)
清高 
至高 
兴高采烈 (興高采烈)
趾高气扬 (趾高氣揚)
高下 
高中生 
高人 
高位 
高低 
高傲 
高僧 
高价 (高價)
高分 
高升 
高原 
高呼 
高地 
高压 (高壓)
高压锅 (高壓鍋)
高大 
高官 
高尚 
高层 (高層)
高山 
高峰 
高峰期 
高州 
高招 
高效 
高于 (高於)
高昂 
高明 
高材生 
高架 
高校 
高楼 (高樓)
高档 (高檔)
高歌 
高深 
高汤 (高湯)
高温 (高溫)
高涨 (高漲)
高潮 
高潮迭起 
高烧 (高燒)
高尔基 (高爾基)
高尔夫 (高爾夫)
高科技 
高空 
高端 
高等 
高管 
高粱 
高耸 (高聳)
高薪 
高处 (高處)
高血压 (高血壓)
高调 (高調)
高贵 (高貴)
高超 
高速路 
高达 (高達)
高铁 (高鐵)
高雄 
高雅 
高音 
高飞 (高飛)
高高兴兴 (高高興興)
高龄 (高齡)

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  • 777th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 166 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tiě (Tie3)surname Tie
2. tiě (tie3)iron (metal) • arms • weapons • hard • strong • violent • unshakeable • determined • close • tight (slang)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for tiě (tie3)The component is pronounced as '' (tu3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

地铁 (地鐵)
地铁站 (地鐵站)
铁杆 (鐵桿)
铁石心肠 (鐵石心腸)
铁路 (鐵路)
铁面 (鐵面)
高铁 (高鐵)

Uncommon

打铁 (打鐵)
拿铁 (拿鐵)
滑铁卢 (滑鐵盧)
磁铁 (磁鐵)
钢铁 (鋼鐵)
铁人 (鐵人)
铁匠 (鐵匠)
铁塔 (鐵塔)
铁定 (鐵定)
铁岭 (鐵嶺)
铁板 (鐵板)
铁板烧 (鐵板燒)
铁甲 (鐵甲)
铁石 (鐵石)
铁丝 (鐵絲)
铁观音 (鐵觀音)
铁轨 (鐵軌)
铁道 (鐵道)
铁锅 (鐵鍋)
铁饭碗 (鐵飯碗)
铁马 (鐵馬)
雪铁龙 (雪鐵龍)

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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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