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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- dou3
- English meanings
- to tremble, to shake out, to reveal, to make it in the world
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 扌; right 斗.
Meaning & sound clues
扌 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “hand”.
斗 is identified as the sound component (dòu). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 抖.
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.
bag
peck
bean
amusing
all
steep
fight; struggle
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 发抖
- 颤抖