• 691st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 178 words
  • Component in 15 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yún (yun2)(classical) to say
2. yún (Yun2)surname Yun • abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2 nan2 sheng3]
3. yún (yun2)cloud • CL:朵[duo3]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

多云 (多雲)
浮云 (浮雲)
白云 (白雲)
赵云 (趙雲)
云南 (雲南)
风云 (風雲)

Uncommon

不知所云 
九霄云外 (九霄雲外)
云云 
人云亦云 
凌云 (凌雲)
刘青云 (劉青雲)
密云 (密雲)
彩云 (彩雲)
星云 (星雲)
乌云 (烏雲)
烟消云散 (煙消雲散)
白云区 (白雲區)
祥云 (祥雲)
行云流水 (行雲流水)
连云港 (連雲港)
阴云 (陰雲)
云南省 (雲南省)
云吞 (雲吞)
云层 (雲層)
云彩 (雲彩)
云朵 (雲朵)
云浮 (雲浮)
云烟 (雲煙)
云端 (雲端)
云雀 (雲雀)
云集 (雲集)
云雨 (雲雨)
云霄 (雲霄)
云雾 (雲霧)
青云 (青雲)

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  • 1421st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 105 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yán (yan2)cliff • rock
2. yán (yan2)variant of 岩[yan2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yán (yan2)The component is pronounced as 'dàn' (dan4). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for yán (yan2)The component is pronounced as 'shān' (shan1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

岩石 
攀岩 
龙岩 (龍岩)

Uncommon

岩层 (岩層)
岩手县 (岩手縣)
岩溶 
岩浆 (岩漿)
岩画 (巖畫)
火山岩 
熔岩 
砂岩 
花岗岩 (花崗岩)
云岩 (雲岩)
云岩区 (雲岩區)
黄岩 (黃岩)
黄岩区 (黃岩區)
龙岩市 (龍岩市)

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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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