• 479th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 110 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yǐn (yin3)to draw (e.g. a bow) • to pull • to stretch sth • to extend • to lengthen • to involve or implicate in • to attract • to lead • to guide • to leave • to provide evidence or justification for • old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang1], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

吸引 
吸引力 
引力 
引起 

Uncommon

勾引 
引入 
引导 (引導)
引擎 
引爆 
引用 
引发 (引發)
引诱 (引誘)
引进 (引進)
引领 (引領)
指引 

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  • 1705th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 23 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yòu (you4)to entice • to tempt

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yòu (you4)The component is pronounced as 'yán' (yan2). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

诱惑 (誘惑)

Uncommon

引诱 (引誘)
诱人 (誘人)
诱发 (誘發)

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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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