• 669th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 183 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yuán (yuan2)root • source • origin

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yuán (yuan2)The component is pronounced as 'yuán' (yuan2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

来源 (來源)
源于 (源於)
财源 (財源)
资源 (資源)

Uncommon

来源于 (來源於)
光源 
婺源 
左右逢源 
根源 
桃源 
桃花源 
水源 
河源 
渊源 (淵源)
源代码 (源代碼)
源泉 
源源不断 (源源不斷)
源自 
源头 (源頭)
生源 
发源 (發源)
能源 
货源 (貨源)
起源 
开源 (開源)
电源 (電源)
电源线 (電源線)

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  • 40th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.33% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 164 words
  • Component in 14 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Yu2)surname Yu
2. (yu2)to go • to take • sentence-final interrogative particle • variant of 於|于[yu2]
3. (Yu2)surname Yu
4. (yu2)in • at • to • from • by • than • out of

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

对于 (對於)
属于 (屬於)
于是 (於是)
终于 (終於)
关于 (關于)

Uncommon

不至于 (不至於)
以至于 (以至於)
低于 
来源于 (來源於)
出于 (出於)
利于 (利於)
勇于 (勇於)
善于 (善於)
在于 (在於)
基于 (基於)
大于 (大於)
忙于 (忙於)
急于 (急於)
敢于 (敢於)
有助于 (有助於)
乐于助人 (樂於助人)
源于 (源於)
由于 (由於)
相当于 (相當於)
等于 (等於)
至于 (至於)
莫过于 (莫過於)
处于 (處於)
过于 (過於)
鉴于 (鑒於)
高于 (高於)

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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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