• 965th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 129 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yān (yan1)cigarette or pipe tobacco • CL:根[gen1] • smoke • mist • vapour • CL:縷|缕[lu:3] • tobacco plant • (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yān (yan1)The component is pronounced as 'yīn' (yin1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

吸烟 (吸煙)
戒烟 (戒煙)
抽烟 (抽煙)
烽烟 (烽煙)
烟火 (煙火)
烟花 (煙花)

Uncommon

七窍生烟 (七竅生煙)
二手烟 (二手煙)
人烟 (人煙)
冒烟 (冒煙)
浓烟 (濃煙)
炊烟 (炊煙)
乌烟瘴气 (烏煙瘴氣)
烟台 (煙台)
烟囱 (煙囪)
烟波 (煙波)
烟消云散 (煙消雲散)
烟灰 (煙灰)
烟灰缸 (煙灰缸)
烟熏 (煙燻)
烟瘾 (煙癮)
烟草 (煙草)
烟酒 (煙酒)
烟雨 (煙雨)
烟雾 (煙霧)
烟头 (煙頭)
硝烟 (硝煙)
云烟 (雲煙)
香烟 (香煙)

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  • 439th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 114 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiāo (xiao1)to disappear • to vanish • to eliminate • to spend (time) • have to • need

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for xiāo (xiao1)The component is pronounced as 'xiào' (xiao4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

消失 
消息 

Uncommon

取消 
消停 
消化 
消极 (消極)
消毒 
消灭 (消滅)
消炎 
消磨 
消耗 
消肿 (消腫)
消费 (消費)
消费者 (消費者)
消逝 
消遣 
消防 
消除 
烟消云散 (煙消雲散)

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  • 691st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 178 words
  • Component in 15 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yún (yun2)(classical) to say
2. yún (Yun2)surname Yun • abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2 nan2 sheng3]
3. yún (yun2)cloud • CL:朵[duo3]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

多云 (多雲)
浮云 (浮雲)
白云 (白雲)
赵云 (趙雲)
云南 (雲南)
风云 (風雲)

Uncommon

不知所云 
九霄云外 (九霄雲外)
云云 
人云亦云 
凌云 (凌雲)
刘青云 (劉青雲)
密云 (密雲)
彩云 (彩雲)
星云 (星雲)
乌云 (烏雲)
烟消云散 (煙消雲散)
白云区 (白雲區)
祥云 (祥雲)
行云流水 (行雲流水)
连云港 (連雲港)
阴云 (陰雲)
云南省 (雲南省)
云吞 (雲吞)
云层 (雲層)
云彩 (雲彩)
云朵 (雲朵)
云浮 (雲浮)
云烟 (雲煙)
云端 (雲端)
云雀 (雲雀)
云集 (雲集)
云雨 (雲雨)
云霄 (雲霄)
云雾 (雲霧)
青云 (青雲)

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  • 864th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 128 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. sǎn (san3)leisurely • loosen • powdered medicine • to scatter • to come loose
2. sàn (san4)to break up (of couples) • to distribute • to let out • to fire or discharge (sb)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

不见不散 (不見不散)
扩散 (擴散)
散户 (散戶)
散步 
散发 (散發)

Uncommon

不欢而散 (不歡而散)
分散 
吹散 
失散 
懒散 (懶散)
拆散 
散伙 
散布 (散佈)
散场 (散場)
散失 
散学 (散學)
散心 
散打 
散播 
散散步 
散文 
散会 (散會)
散架 
散漫 
散热 (散熱)
散尽 (散盡)
散粉 
散落 
散装 (散裝)
散开 (散開)
消散 
烟消云散 (煙消雲散)
疏散 
发散 (發散)
聚散 
解散 
走散 
闲散 (閑散)
离散 (離散)
飘散 (飄散)
驱散 (驅散)
松散 (鬆散)

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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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