• 1278th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 109 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dān (dan1)red • pellet • powder • cinnabar

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

丹心 
丹麦 (丹麥)
乔丹 (喬丹)
牡丹 

Uncommon

不丹 
丹佛 
丹参 (丹參)
丹尼 
丹尼斯 
丹尼尔 (丹尼爾)
丹巴 
丹东 (丹東)
丹田 
丹皮 
丹阳 (丹陽)
丹霞 
丹霞山 
丹青 
丹顶鹤 (丹頂鶴)
丹凤 (丹鳳)
于丹 
仙丹 
南丹 
摩根士丹利 
牡丹亭 
牡丹江 
王丹 
苏丹 (蘇丹)
阿丹 
阿姆斯特丹 
灵丹妙药 (靈丹妙藥)

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  • 653rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 276 words
  • Component in 8 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ni2)Buddhist nun • (often used in phonetic spellings)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ni2)The component is pronounced as 'shī' (shi1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (ni2)The component is pronounced as '' (bi3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

威尼斯 
尼玛 (尼瑪)

Uncommon

丹尼尔 (丹尼爾)
亚美尼亚 (亞美尼亞)
博洛尼亚 (博洛尼亞)
印尼 
印度尼西亚 (印度尼西亞)
吉尼斯 
安东尼 (安東尼)
尼加拉瓜 
尼古丁 
尼姑 
尼康 
尼采 (尼採)
尼斯 
尼日利亚 (尼日利亞)
尼桑 
尼泊尔 (尼泊爾)
尼罗河 (尼羅河)
尼龙 (尼龍)
悉尼 
慕尼黑 
比基尼 
泰坦尼克号 (泰坦尼克號)
突尼斯 
索尼 
罗马尼亚 (羅馬尼亞)
肯尼亚 (肯尼亞)
肯尼迪 
兰博基尼 (蘭博基尼)
车尔尼雪夫斯基 (車爾尼雪夫斯基)
迪士尼 
迪斯尼 
释迦牟尼 (釋迦牟尼)
马尼拉 (馬尼拉)

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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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