• 1261st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 48 words
  • Component in 204 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. niǎo (niao3)bird • CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for niǎo (niao3)The component is pronounced as 'niǎo' (niao3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 ()
鸟儿 (鳥兒)

Medium Frequency

一石二鸟 (一石二鳥)
候鸟 (候鳥)
布谷鸟 (布谷鳥)
海鸟 (海鳥)
花鸟 (花鳥)
菜鸟 (菜鳥)
蜂鸟 (蜂鳥)
飞鸟 (飛鳥)
鸟巢 (鳥巢)
鸟瞰 (鳥瞰)
鸟窝 (鳥窩)
鸟笼 (鳥籠)
鸟类 (鳥類)
鸟鸣 (鳥鳴)
鸵鸟 (鴕鳥)
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  • 1925th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 14 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lóng (long2)basket • cage • flat bamboo basket used to serve dimsum 點心|点心[dian3 xin5] such as 餃子|饺子[jiao3 zi5], 包子[bao1 zi5] etc • to cover • to cage • to embrace • to manipulate through trickery
2. lǒng (long3)to cover • to cage • covering • also pr. [long2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for lóng (long2)The component is pronounced as 'lóng' (long2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for lǒng (long3)The component is pronounced as 'lóng' (long2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

High Frequency

灯笼 (燈籠)

Medium Frequency

回笼 (回籠)
 ()
笼子 (籠子)
笼罩 (籠罩)
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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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