• 746th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 74 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chēn (chen1)see 黑沉沉[hei1 chen1 chen1]
2. chén (chen2)to submerge • to immerse • to sink • to keep down • to lower • to drop • deep • profound • heavy

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

沉重 
沉默 

Uncommon

低沉 
沉寂 
沉思 
沉闷 (沉悶)
沉沉 
沉没 (沉沒)
沉浸 
沉沦 (沉淪)
沉溺 
沉淀 (沉澱)
沉睡 
沉稳 (沉穩)
沉着 (沉著)
沉迷 
沉醉 
沉静 (沉靜)
消沉 
深沉 
阴沉 (陰沉)

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  • 850th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 247 words
  • Component in 226 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Yu2)surname Yu
2. (yu2)fish • CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (yu2)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for (yu2)The component is pronounced as '' (yu2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

三文鱼 (三文魚)
捕鱼 (捕魚)
章鱼 (章魚)
金鱼 (金魚)
鱼丸 (魚丸)
鱼片 (魚片)
鱼头 (魚頭)
鱿鱼 (魷魚)
鲍鱼 (鮑魚)
鲤鱼 (鯉魚)
鲨鱼 (鯊魚)
鲸鱼 (鯨魚)
鲫鱼 (鯽魚)
鳄鱼 (鱷魚)

Uncommon

人鱼 (人魚)
墨鱼 (墨魚)
大鱼大肉 (大魚大肉)
如鱼得水 (如魚得水)
带鱼 (帶魚)
打鱼 (打魚)
摸鱼 (摸魚)
木鱼 (木魚)
桂鱼 (桂魚)
沉鱼落雁 (沉魚落雁)
沙丁鱼 (沙丁魚)
炒鱿鱼 (炒魷魚)
热带鱼 (熱帶魚)
糖醋鱼 (糖醋魚)
美人鱼 (美人魚)
临渊羡鱼 (臨淵羨魚)
草鱼 (草魚)
金枪鱼 (金槍魚)
钓鱼 (釣魚)
钓鱼岛 (釣魚島)
钓鱼台 (釣魚臺)
青鱼 (青魚)
飞鱼 (飛魚)
鱼子 (魚子)
鱼子酱 (魚子醬)
鱼尾 (魚尾)
鱼尾纹 (魚尾紋)
鱼排 (魚排)
鱼死网破 (魚死網破)
鱼水 (魚水)
鱼池 (魚池)
鱼种 (魚種)
鱼竿 (魚竿)
鱼米之乡 (魚米之鄉)
鱼网 (魚網)
鱼缸 (魚缸)
鱼翅 (魚翅)
鱼肚 (魚肚)
鱼肚白 (魚肚白)
鱼肝油 (魚肝油)
鱼腩 (魚腩)
鱼钩 (魚鉤)
鱼雷 (魚雷)
鱼类 (魚類)
鱼饵 (魚餌)
鱼骨 (魚骨)
鱼鳞 (魚鱗)
鱼龙 (魚龍)
鲅鱼 (鮁魚)
鲑鱼 (鮭魚)
鲭鱼 (鯖魚)
鲳鱼 (鯧魚)
鲮鱼 (鯪魚)
鲶鱼 (鯰魚)
鳗鱼 (鰻魚)
鳕鱼 (鱈魚)
鳟鱼 (鱒魚)
鳝鱼 (鱔魚)
鳜鱼 (鱖魚)
鲈鱼 (鱸魚)
咸鱼 (鹹魚)
黄花鱼 (黃花魚)
黄鱼 (黃魚)

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  • 496th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 183 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (la4)to leave out • to be missing • to leave behind or forget to bring • to lag or fall behind
2. lào (lao4)see 落[luo4]
3. luò (luo4)to fall or drop • (of the sun) to set • (of a tide) to go out • to lower • to decline or sink • to lag or fall behind • to fall onto • to rest with • to get or receive • to write down • whereabouts • settlement

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for lào (lao4)The component is pronounced as 'cǎo' (cao3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

低落 
堕落 (墮落)
失落 
落下 
落地 
落后 (落後)
角落 
部落 

Uncommon

丢三落四 (丟三落四)
冷落 
利落 
回落 
坐落 
坠落 (墜落)
大起大落 
掉落 
散落 
数落 (數落)
日落 
村落 
段落 
没落 (沒落)
流落 
沦落 (淪落)
滑落 
磊落 
空落落 
脱落 (脫落)
落伍 
落入 
落寞 
落实 (落實)
落差 
落幕 
落得 
落户 (落戶)
落日 
落枕 
落水 
落泪 (落淚)
落汤鸡 (落湯雞)
落空 
落脚 (落腳)
落叶 (落葉)
落魄 
着落 (著落)
跌落 
遗落 (遺落)
降落 
降落伞 (降落傘)
陨落 (隕落)
飘落 (飄落)

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  • 2548th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 21 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yàn (yan4)wild goose

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yàn (yan4)The component is pronounced as 'hǎn' (han3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

沉鱼落雁 (沉魚落雁)
鸿雁 (鴻雁)

Uncommon

大雁 
大雁塔 
雁塔 
雁荡 (雁蕩)
雁荡山 (雁蕩山)

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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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