• 965th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 129 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
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 '' (ya2). It has the same pinyin initial.

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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  • 872nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 99 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qiāng (Qiang1)surname Qiang
2. qiāng (qiang1)gun • firearm • rifle • spear • thing with shape or function similar to a gun • CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3],杆[gan3],條|条[tiao2],枝[zhi1] • to substitute for another person in a test • to knock • classifier for rifle shots

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

手枪 (手槍)
枪口 (槍口)
枪战 (槍戰)
枪手 (槍手)
枪击 (槍擊)
枪击案 (槍擊案)
枪毙 (槍斃)
机枪 (機槍)
金枪鱼 (金槍魚)
开枪 (開槍)

Uncommon

中枪 (中槍)
冷枪 (冷槍)
刀枪 (刀槍)
唇枪舌剑 (唇槍舌劍)
单枪匹马 (單槍匹馬)
打枪 (打槍)
枪崩 (槍崩)
枪支 (槍支)
枪杆子 (槍桿子)
枪械 (槍械)
枪杀 (槍殺)
枪决 (槍決)
枪法 (槍法)
枪版 (槍版)
枪炮 (槍砲)
枪声 (槍聲)
机关枪 (機關槍)
步枪 (步槍)
水枪 (水槍)
火枪 (火槍)
火枪手 (火槍手)
烟枪 (煙槍)
猎枪 (獵槍)
真刀真枪 (真刀真槍)
荷枪实弹 (荷槍實彈)
冲锋枪 (衝鋒槍)
长枪 (長槍)
鸣枪 (鳴槍)

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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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