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偶
ǒu
1. accidental
2. image
3. pair
4. mate
Very Common • Top 4% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

偶
ǒu
accidentally, coincidently; mate, image, idol
HSK 4 11 丶

Compound Words (20)

丧偶
sàngǒu
bereaved of one's spouse (literary)
夺偶
duóǒu
to contend for a mate
奇偶
jīǒu
parity
佳偶
jiāǒu
happily married couple
对偶
duìǒu
dual
排偶
páiǒu
parallel and antithesis (paired sentences as rhetoric device)
偶一
ǒuyī
accidentally
怨偶
yuànǒu
an unhappy couple (formal writing)
偶合
ǒuhé
coincidence
偶数
ǒushù
even number
偶极
ǒují
dipole (e.g. magnetic dipole)
偶然
ǒurán
incidentally
HSK 5
玩偶
wánǒu
toy figurine
配偶
pèiǒu
consort
HSK 6
偶尔
ǒuěr
occasionally
HSK 4
偶犯
ǒufàn
casual offender
偶而
ǒuér
occasionally
木偶
mùǒu
puppet
偶见
ǒujiàn
to happen upon
择偶
zéǒu
to choose a spouse

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
1,360
Word Frequency Rank
3,192 of 84,292

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