偶

ǒu

ǒuno initial · 3rd tone — spelling rules

accidental · image

Radical: 亻 Strokes: 11

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

体作信传仙修倒使代位伤假

Same radical

体作信传仙修倒使代位伤假保任伏

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Stroke Order · 11 strokes (click to expand)

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Character Decomposition

偶=亻+禺

Etymology

person

Meanings

accidental

image

pair

mate

ǒu

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Words with 偶 160 total

happily married couple佳偶jiā ǒu moment of forces (mechanics)力偶lì ǒu puppet木偶mù ǒu occasionally · once in a while偶而ǒu ér coincidence偶合ǒu hé incidentally · occasional · occasionally · by chance · randomly偶然ǒu rán idol (i.e. statue for worship)偶人ǒu rén accidentally · once in a while · very occasionally偶一ǒu yī a married couple匹偶pǐ ǒu

Idioms with 偶 16 total Chain

to do sth once in a while (idiom) · to do sth more as an exception than the rule偶一为之ǒu yī wéi zhī too rich to be a good match (in marriage) (idiom)齐大非偶qí dà fēi ǒu not alone but in pairs (idiom, usually derog.); not a unique occurrence · it's not the only case无独有偶wú dú yǒu ǒu

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