• 1043rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 61 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (yu4)desire • appetite • passion • lust • greed
2. (yu4)to wish for • to desire • variant of 慾|欲[yu4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (yu4)The component is pronounced as '' (gu3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

欲望 (慾望)
食欲 (食慾)

Uncommon

性欲 (性慾)
情欲 (情慾)
欲火 (慾火)
昏昏欲睡 
畅所欲言 (暢所欲言)
望眼欲穿 
树欲静而风不止 (樹欲靜而風不止)
欲罢不能 (欲罷不能)
欲盖弥彰 (欲蓋彌彰)
求知欲 (求知慾)
为所欲为 (為所欲為)
物欲 
痛不欲生 
私欲 
纵欲 (縱慾)
贪欲 (貪慾)
随心所欲 (隨心所欲)
震耳欲聋 (震耳欲聾)

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  • 3871st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 14 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (he4)gully

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

沟壑 (溝壑)

Uncommon

丘壑 
欲壑难填 (慾壑難填)

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  • 295th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 212 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. nán (nan2)difficult (to...) • problem • difficulty • difficult • not good
2. nàn (nan4)disaster • distress • to scold

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

困难 (困難)
艰难 (艱難)
难以 (難以)
难受 (難受)
难得 (難得)
难忘 (難忘)
难过 (難過)
难道 (難道)

Uncommon

刁难 (刁難)
劫难 (劫難)
危难 (危難)
患难 (患難)
灾难 (災難)
为难 (為難)
磨难 (磨難)
苦难 (苦難)
遇难 (遇難)
难免 (難免)
难吃 (難吃)
难堪 (難堪)
难度 (難度)
难得一见 (難得一見)
难怪 (難怪)
难为 (難為)
难熬 (難熬)
难看 (難看)
难闻 (難聞)
难听 (難聽)
难处 (難處)
难关 (難關)
难题 (難題)

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  • 1967th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 27 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tián (tian2)to fill or stuff • (of a form etc) to fill in

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for tián (tian2)The component is pronounced as '' (tu3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

填写 (填寫)
填满 (填滿)
填补 (填補)

Uncommon

填充 
填空 
填表 
填词 (填詞)
填饱 (填飽)
义愤填膺 (義憤填膺)

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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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