• 855th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 44 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiǎn (jian3)to lower • to decrease • to reduce • to subtract • to diminish

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiǎn (jian3)The component is pronounced as 'xián' (xian2). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 ()
减少 (減少)
减肥 (減肥)

Medium Frequency

删减 (刪減)
削减 (削減)
减去 (減去)
减压 (減壓)
减弱 (減弱)
减掉 (減掉)
减缓 (減緩)
减轻 (減輕)
减退 (減退)
减速 (減速)
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  • 460th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 67 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qīng (qing1)light • easy • gentle • soft • reckless • unimportant • frivolous • small in number • unstressed • neutral • to disparage

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for qīng (qing1)The component is pronounced as 'jīng' (jing1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

High Frequency

年轻 (年輕)
 ()
轻易 (輕易)
轻轻 (輕輕)
轻松 (輕鬆)

Medium Frequency

年轻人 (年輕人)
减轻 (減輕)
轻信 (輕信)
轻度 (輕度)
轻微 (輕微)
轻快 (輕快)
轻柔 (輕柔)
轻浮 (輕浮)
轻狂 (輕狂)
轻盈 (輕盈)
轻而易举 (輕而易舉)
轻声 (輕聲)
轻蔑 (輕蔑)
轻薄 (輕薄)
轻视 (輕視)
轻轨 (輕軌)
轻灵 (輕靈)
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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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