• 1996th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 13 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qián (Qian2)surname Qian
2. qián (qian2)one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven • male principle • ☰
3. gān (Gan1)surname Gan
4. gān (gan1)dry • clean • in vain • dried food • foster • adoptive • to ignore

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for qián (qian2)The component is pronounced as '' (qi3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

乾坤 

Uncommon

乾陵 
乾隆 

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  • 1398th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 82 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lóng (Long2)surname Long • short for 吉隆坡[Ji2 long2 po1], Kuala Lumpur
2. lōng (long1)sound of drums
3. lóng (long2)grand • intense • prosperous • to swell • to bulge

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

兴隆 (興隆)
隆重 

Uncommon

乾隆 
克隆 
吉隆坡 
基隆 
生意兴隆 (生意興隆)
科隆 
轰隆 (轟隆)
隆冬 
隆胸 
隆起 
隆隆 

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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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