• 1761st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 37 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. liàn (lian4)to refine • to smelt

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

修炼 (修煉)
锻炼 (鍛煉)

Uncommon

提炼 (提煉)
炼乳 (煉乳)
炼化 (煉化)
炼狱 (煉獄)
炼钢 (煉鋼)
磨炼 (磨煉)
精炼 (精煉)

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  • 946th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 220 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yóu (you2)oil • fat • grease • petroleum • to apply tung oil, paint or varnish • oily • greasy • glib • cunning

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yóu (you2)The component is pronounced as 'yóu' (you2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

加油 

Uncommon

加油站 
原油 
奶油 
指甲油 
柴米油盐 (柴米油鹽)
植物油 
橄榄油 (橄欖油)
机油 (機油)
汽油 
油价 (油價)
油光 
油条 (油條)
油漆 
油炸 
油田 
油画 (油畫)
油脂 
油腻 (油膩)
油菜 
油锅 (油鍋)
油门 (油門)
油饼 (油餅)
牛油 
甘油 
石油 
色拉油 
蚝油 (蠔油)
猪油 (豬油)
酱油 (醬油)
香油 
麻油 
黄油 (黃油)

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  • 961st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 64 words
  • Component in 226 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. hǎn (han3)"cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc
2. chǎng (chang3)factory • yard • depot • workhouse • works • (industrial) plant

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for hǎn (han3)The component is pronounced as 'hǎn' (han3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for chǎng (chang3)The component is pronounced as 'chǎng' (chang3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

工厂 (工廠)
厂商 (廠商)
厂家 (廠家)

Uncommon

修理厂 (修理廠)
兵工厂 (兵工廠)
出厂 (出廠)
出厂价 (出廠價)
加工厂 (加工廠)
化工厂 (化工廠)
印刷厂 (印刷廠)
啤酒厂 (啤酒廠)
厂子 (廠子)
厂房 (廠房)
厂牌 (廠牌)
厂长 (廠長)
炼油厂 (煉油廠)
发电厂 (發電廠)
船厂 (船廠)
制造厂 (製造廠)
酒厂 (酒廠)
钢厂 (鋼廠)
电厂 (電廠)

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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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