• 928th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 104 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bǎn (ban3)board • plank • plate • shutter • table tennis bat • clappers (music) • CL:塊|块[kuai4] • accented beat in Chinese music • hard • stiff • to stop smiling or look serious
2. bǎn (ban3)see 老闆|老板, boss
3. pàn (pan4)to catch sight of in a doorway (old)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for bǎn (ban3)The component is pronounced as 'fǎn' (fan3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for pàn (pan4)The component is pronounced as 'fǎn' (fan3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

High Frequency

平板 
模板 
老板 (老闆)

Medium Frequency

主板 
刻板 
叫板 
呆板 
地板 
天花板 
木板 
 
板凳 
板块 (板塊)
板子 
板栗 
板鸭 (板鴨)
死板 
滑板 
白板 
篮板 (籃板)
纸板 (紙板)
老板娘 
脚板 (腳板)
踏板 
身板 
钢板 (鋼板)
铁板 (鐵板)
铁板烧 (鐵板燒)
面板 (麵板)
黑板 
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  • 791st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 28 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
earthNo glyph availablelinehuman
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. kuài (kuai4)lump (of earth) • chunk • piece • classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc • colloquial word for yuan (or other unit of currency such as Hong Kong or US dollar etc), usually as 塊錢|块钱

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for kuài (kuai4)The component is pronounced as 'guài' (guai4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

High Frequency

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Medium Frequency

一块 (一塊)
一块儿 (一塊兒)
冰块 (冰塊)
切块 (切塊)
方块 (方塊)
板块 (板塊)
模块 (模塊)
石块 (石塊)
肿块 (腫塊)
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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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