• 1735th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 28 words
  • Component in 18 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. piān (Pian1)surname Pian
2. biǎn (bian3)flat • (old form of character 匾, horizontal tablet with inscription)
3. piān (pian1)small boat
4. piān (pian1)Polygonum aviculare (knot weed)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

压扁 (壓扁)
扁豆 

Uncommon

扁平 
扁担 (扁擔)
扁桃 
扁桃腺 
扁桃体 (扁桃體)
扁舟 
欠扁 
海扁 
看扁 
陈水扁 (陳水扁)

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  • 1836th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 66 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
treelegsiceNo glyph available
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. táo (tao2)peach

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for táo (tao2)The component is pronounced as 'zhào' (zhao4). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

核桃 
桃园 (桃園)
桃花运 (桃花運)
樱桃 (櫻桃)

Uncommon

扁桃体 (扁桃體)
核桃仁 
桃子 
桃源 
桃花源 
杨桃 (楊桃)
水蜜桃 
猕猴桃 (獼猴桃)
胡桃 
蜜桃 
蟠桃 

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  • 2252nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 60 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiàn (xian4)gland

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

乳腺 
乳腺癌 
腮腺 

Uncommon

乳腺炎 
前列腺 
前列腺素 
扁桃腺 
汗腺 
泪腺 (淚腺)
甲状腺 (甲狀腺)
皮脂腺 
胰腺 
胰腺炎 
肾上腺 (腎上腺)
肾上腺素 (腎上腺素)
腮腺炎 
腺样 (腺樣)
腺癌 

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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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