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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- tou1
- English meanings
- steal
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 亻; right 俞.
Meaning & sound clues
亻 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “person”.
俞 is identified as the sound component (yú). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 偷.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
head
sky
thoroughly
head; top
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 偷偷
- 偷懒
- 偷看
- 偷窥
- 小偷儿