• 1148th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 37 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. cán (can2)to destroy • to spoil • to ruin • to injure • cruel • oppressive • savage • brutal • incomplete • disabled • to remain • to survive • remnant • surplus

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 ()
残忍 (殘忍)
残酷 (殘酷)

Medium Frequency

凶残 (兇殘)
摧残 (摧殘)
残卷 (殘卷)
残存 (殘存)
残害 (殘害)
残局 (殘局)
残废 (殘廢)
残暴 (殘暴)
残杀 (殘殺)
残渣 (殘渣)
残留 (殘留)
残疾 (殘疾)
残疾人 (殘疾人)
残缺 (殘缺)
残余 (殘餘)
残骸 (殘骸)
苟延残喘 (苟延殘喘)
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  • 1374th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 30 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. fèi (fei4)to abolish • to abandon • to abrogate • to discard • to depose • to oust • crippled • abandoned • waste

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for fèi (fei4)The component is pronounced as '' (fa1). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for fèi (fei4)The component is pronounced as '' (fa4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 ()
废物 (廢物)
废话 (廢話)
颓废 (頹廢)

Medium Frequency

作废 (作廢)
半途而废 (半途而廢)
报废 (報廢)
废人 (廢人)
废品 (廢品)
废墟 (廢墟)
废寝忘食 (廢寢忘食)
废掉 (廢掉)
废弃 (廢棄)
废气 (廢氣)
废纸 (廢紙)
废旧 (廢舊)
废除 (廢除)
残废 (殘廢)
荒废 (荒廢)
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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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