• 1719th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 45 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiān (jian1)sound of moving water
2. qiǎn (qian3)shallow • light (color)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiān (jian1)The component is pronounced as 'jiān' (jian1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for qiǎn (qian3)The component is pronounced as 'jiān' (jian1). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

搁浅 (擱淺)
深浅 (深淺)
浅色 (淺色)
浅薄 (淺薄)
肤浅 (膚淺)

Uncommon

害人不浅 (害人不淺)
浅尝辄止 (淺嘗輒止)
浅析 (淺析)
浅水 (淺水)
浅淡 (淺淡)
浅滩 (淺灘)
浅显 (淺顯)
浅黄色 (淺黃色)
短浅 (短淺)

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  • 3723rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 3 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiān (jian1)letter • note-paper

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiān (jian1)The component is pronounced as 'jiān' (jian1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Uncommon

便笺 (便箋)
信笺 (信箋)

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  • 5797th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 0 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiān (Jian1)surname Jian

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

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  • 6437th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 1 word
  • Component in 13 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiān (jian1)narrow • small

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiān (jian1)The component is pronounced as 'diǎn' (dian3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for jiān (jian1)The component is pronounced as 'jiān' (jian1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

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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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