• 631st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 168 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dàn (dan4)crossball • bullet • shot • shell • ball
2. tán (tan2)to pluck (a string) • to play (a string instrument) • to spring or leap • to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) • (of cotton) to fluff or tease • to flick • to flip • to accuse • to impeach • elastic (of materials)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dàn (dan4)The component is pronounced as 'dān' (dan1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for tán (tan2)The component is pronounced as 'dān' (dan1). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

反弹 (反彈)
子弹 (子彈)
弹出 (彈出)
弹力 (彈力)
弹性 (彈性)
弹琴 (彈琴)
炸弹 (炸彈)

Uncommon

中弹 (中彈)
催泪弹 (催淚彈)
动弹 (動彈)
动弹不得 (動彈不得)
原子弹 (原子彈)
实弹 (實彈)
导弹 (導彈)
弹丸 (彈丸)
弹匣 (彈匣)
弹唱 (彈唱)
弹奏 (彈奏)
弹弓 (彈弓)
弹指 (彈指)
弹牙 (彈牙)
弹珠 (彈珠)
弹尽粮绝 (彈盡糧絕)
弹簧 (彈簧)
弹药 (彈藥)
弹跳 (彈跳)
弹道 (彈道)
弹雨 (彈雨)
弹头 (彈頭)
手榴弹 (手榴彈)
核弹 (核彈)
炮弹 (炮彈)
照明弹 (照明彈)
防弹 (防彈)

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  • 3590th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 2 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (he2)impeach

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (he2)The component is pronounced as 'hài' (hai4). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

弹劾 (彈劾)

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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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