• 3627th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 8 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. diāo (Diao1)surname Diao
2. diāo (diao1)artful • wicked

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

刁难 (刁難)

Uncommon

刁钻 (刁鑽)

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  • 295th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 212 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. nán (nan2)difficult (to...) • problem • difficulty • difficult • not good
2. nàn (nan4)disaster • distress • to scold

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for nán (nan2)The component 廿 is pronounced as 'niàn' (nian4). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for nàn (nan4)The component 廿 is pronounced as 'niàn' (nian4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

困难 (困難)
艰难 (艱難)
难以 (難以)
难受 (難受)
难得 (難得)
难忘 (難忘)
难过 (難過)
难道 (難道)

Uncommon

刁难 (刁難)
劫难 (劫難)
危难 (危難)
患难 (患難)
灾难 (災難)
为难 (為難)
磨难 (磨難)
苦难 (苦難)
遇难 (遇難)
难免 (難免)
难吃 (難吃)
难堪 (難堪)
难度 (難度)
难得一见 (難得一見)
难怪 (難怪)
难为 (難為)
难熬 (難熬)
难看 (難看)
难闻 (難聞)
难听 (難聽)
难处 (難處)
难关 (難關)
难题 (難題)

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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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