• 45th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.31% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 305 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. nián (Nian2)surname Nian
2. nián (nian2)year • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

今年 
拜年 
新年 
过年 (過年)
龙年 (龍年)

Uncommon

中年 
来年 (來年)
兔年 
去年 
少年 
年代 
年初 
年夜 
年夜饭 (年夜飯)
年少 
年年 
年底 
年度 
年会 (年會)
年糕 
年纪 (年紀)
年级 (年級)
年终 (年終)
年华 (年華)
年货 (年貨)
年轻 (年輕)
年轻人 (年輕人)
年关 (年關)
年头 (年頭)
年龄 (年齡)
往年 
早年 
明年 
更年期 
流年 
当年 (當年)
童年 
丰年 (豐年)
周年 (週年)
青年 

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  • 664th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 117 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ye4)night

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

半夜 
夜店 
夜间 (夜間)
年夜饭 (年夜飯)

Uncommon

三更半夜 
今夜 
午夜 
夜夜 
夜宵 
夜幕 
夜晚 
夜景 
夜班 
夜空 
夜色 
夜里 (夜裡)
夜猫子 (夜貓子)
宵夜 
平安夜 
年夜 
彻夜 (徹夜)
日夜 
昨夜 
深夜 
熬夜 
过夜 (過夜)
黑夜 

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  • 933rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 86 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. fàn (fan4)food • cuisine • cooked rice • meal • CL:碗[wan3],頓|顿[dun4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for fàn (fan4)The component is pronounced as 'fǎn' (fan3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

吃饭 (吃飯)
年夜饭 (年夜飯)
晚饭 (晚飯)

Uncommon

中饭 (中飯)
做饭 (做飯)
午饭 (午飯)
早饭 (早飯)
炒饭 (炒飯)
盒饭 (盒飯)
稀饭 (稀飯)
米饭 (米飯)
开饭 (開飯)
电饭煲 (電飯煲)
饭堂 (飯堂)
饭局 (飯局)
饭店 (飯店)
饭桌 (飯桌)
饭碗 (飯碗)
饭团 (飯糰)
饭菜 (飯菜)
饭馆 (飯館)

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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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