• 1660th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 30 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wān (wan1)bend • bent • CL:道[dao4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

弯曲 (彎曲)
弯腰 (彎腰)
转弯 (轉彎)

Uncommon

弯弯曲曲 (彎彎曲曲)
弯折 (彎折)
拐弯 (拐彎)
臂弯 (臂彎)
走弯路 (走彎路)

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  • 1660th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 30 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wān (wan1)bend • bent • CL:道[dao4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

弯曲 (彎曲)
弯腰 (彎腰)
转弯 (轉彎)

Uncommon

弯弯曲曲 (彎彎曲曲)
弯折 (彎折)
拐弯 (拐彎)
臂弯 (臂彎)
走弯路 (走彎路)

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  • 1064th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 177 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
No glyph availabletwocontainer
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Qu1)surname Qu
2. (qu1)bent • crooked • wrong
3. (qu3)tune • song • CL:支[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (qu1)The component is pronounced as '' (qu1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (qu3)The component is pronounced as '' (qu1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

单曲 (單曲)
歌曲 

Uncommon

交响曲 (交響曲)
作曲 
作曲家 
催眠曲 
协奏曲 (協奏曲)
名曲 
圆舞曲 (圓舞曲)
夜曲 
奏鸣曲 (奏鳴曲)
委曲 
序曲 
弯曲 (彎曲)
戏曲 (戲曲)
扭曲 
卷曲 (捲曲)
插曲 
曲奇 
曲子 
曲折 
曲江 
曲目 
曲线 (曲線)
曲艺 (曲藝)
曲解 
曲调 (曲調)
乐曲 (樂曲)
歪曲 
神曲 
编曲 (編曲)
舞曲 
进行曲 (進行曲)

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  • 1064th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 177 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
No glyph availabletwocontainer
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Qu1)surname Qu
2. (qu1)bent • crooked • wrong
3. (qu3)tune • song • CL:支[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (qu1)The component is pronounced as '' (qu1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (qu3)The component is pronounced as '' (qu1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

单曲 (單曲)
歌曲 

Uncommon

交响曲 (交響曲)
作曲 
作曲家 
催眠曲 
协奏曲 (協奏曲)
名曲 
圆舞曲 (圓舞曲)
夜曲 
奏鸣曲 (奏鳴曲)
委曲 
序曲 
弯曲 (彎曲)
戏曲 (戲曲)
扭曲 
卷曲 (捲曲)
插曲 
曲奇 
曲子 
曲折 
曲江 
曲目 
曲线 (曲線)
曲艺 (曲藝)
曲解 
曲调 (曲調)
乐曲 (樂曲)
歪曲 
神曲 
编曲 (編曲)
舞曲 
进行曲 (進行曲)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.