• 370th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 180 words
  • Component in 16 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yuán (Yuan2)surname Yuan • the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
2. yuán (yuan2)Chinese monetary unit • dollar • primary • first

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

元宝 (元寶)
元旦 
元月 
元素 
美元 

Uncommon

元代 
元宵 
元宵节 (元宵節)
元帅 (元帥)
元气 (元氣)
元老 
元首 
公元 
单元 (單元)
多元 
多元化 
崔永元 
广元 (廣元)
日元 
次元 
欧元 (歐元)
欧元区 (歐元區)
港元 
澳元 
状元 (狀元)
纪元 (紀元)
开元 (開元)
韩元 (韓元)

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  • 3125th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 13 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiāo (xiao1)night

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for xiāo (xiao1)The component is pronounced as 'xiào' (xiao4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

通宵 

Uncommon

元宵 
夜宵 
宵夜 

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  • 514th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 247 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jié (jie2)festival • holiday • node • joint • section • segment • part • to economize • to save • to abridge • moral integrity • classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

情人节 (情人節)
春节 (春節)
节日 (節日)
节目 (節目)

Uncommon

佳节 (佳節)
元宵节 (元宵節)
光棍节 (光棍節)
季节 (季節)
情节 (情節)
时节 (時節)
环节 (環節)
章节 (章節)
节俭 (節儉)
节制 (節制)
节奏 (節奏)
节操 (節操)
节气 (節氣)
节省 (節省)
节节 (節節)
节约 (節約)
节能 (節能)
节食 (節食)
细节 (細節)
圣诞节 (聖誕節)
调节 (調節)
逢年过节 (逢年過節)
过节 (過節)
关节 (關節)
电影节 (電影節)

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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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