• 567th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 53 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
lineNo glyph availableweapon/lance
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. duàn (Duan4)surname Duan
2. duàn (duan4)paragraph • section • segment • stage (of a process) • classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

手段 
段子 
片段 
阶段 (階段)

Uncommon

不择手段 (不擇手段)
前段 
地段 
时段 (時段)
段落 
身段 
阶段性 (階段性)

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  • 3492nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 2 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (qi2)auspicious • propitious • good luck • felicity • euphoria • used for 旗, e.g. in 旗袍, long Chinese dress

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (qi2)The component is pronounced as '' (qi2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (qi2)The component is pronounced as 'shì' (shi4). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for (qi2)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Uncommon

段祺瑞 

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  • 1330th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 60 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. ruì (rui4)lucky • auspicious • propitious • rayl (acoustical unit)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

瑞典 
瑞士 
瑞雪 

Uncommon

奇瑞 
委内瑞拉 (委內瑞拉)
海瑞 
瑞安 
瑞安市 
瑞气 (瑞氣)
瑞金 
瑞丽 (瑞麗)
祥瑞 

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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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