• 1990th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 19 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shān (shan1)to fan • to slap sb on the face
2. shàn (shan4)fan • sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth • classifier for doors, windows etc

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

扇子 

Uncommon

吊扇 
扇动 (扇動)
扇贝 (扇貝)
蒲扇 
电扇 (電扇)
电风扇 (電風扇)

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  • 1131st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 98 words
  • Component in 269 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bèi (Bei4)surname Bei
2. bèi (bei4)cowrie • shellfish • currency (archaic)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for bèi (bei4)The component is pronounced as '' (ba1). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for bèi (bei4)The component is pronounced as 'bèi' (bei4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

宝贝 (寶貝)

Uncommon

干贝 (乾貝)
分贝 (分貝)
宝贝儿 (寶貝兒)
扇贝 (扇貝)
拷贝 (拷貝)
诺贝尔 (諾貝爾)
贝克 (貝克)
贝多芬 (貝多芬)
贝宁 (貝寧)
贝拉 (貝拉)
贝壳 (貝殼)
贝尔 (貝爾)

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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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