• 2360th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 11 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yīn (Yin1)surname Yin • flourishing • dynasty name at the end the Shang dynasty, after their move to Yinxu 殷墟 in modern Henan province
2. yān (yan1)dark red
3. yǐn (yin3)roll of thunder

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yān (yan1)The component is pronounced as 'yǐn' (yin3). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for yǐn (yin3)The component is pronounced as 'yǐn' (yin3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

殷勤 

Uncommon

殷切 
殷实 (殷實)
殷红 (殷紅)

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  • 100th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 218 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shí (shi2)real • true • honest • really • solid • fruit • seed • definitely

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shí (shi2)The component is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

事实 (事實)
其实 (其實)
实力 (實力)
实在 (實在)
实现 (實現)
现实 (現實)
真实 (真實)
确实 (確實)

Uncommon

不切实际 (不切實際)
充实 (充實)
务实 (務實)
厚实 (厚實)
名副其实 (名副其實)
实名制 (實名制)
实惠 (實惠)
实拍 (實拍)
实施 (實施)
实时 (實時)
实况 (實況)
实物 (實物)
实用 (實用)
实习 (實習)
实行 (實行)
实话 (實話)
实质 (實質)
实践 (實踐)
实际 (實際)
实际上 (實際上)
实验 (實驗)
实验室 (實驗室)
实体 (實體)
忠实 (忠實)
果实 (果實)
朴实 (樸實)
结实 (結實)
老实 (老實)
脚踏实地 (腳踏實地)
落实 (落實)
着实 (著實)
诚实 (誠實)
证实 (證實)
踏实 (踏實)
踏踏实实 (踏踏實實)

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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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