• 1190th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 30 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiàn (xian4)to offer • to present • to dedicate • to donate • to show • to put on display • worthy person (old)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

奉献 (奉獻)
贡献 (貢獻)

Uncommon

捐献 (捐獻)
文献 (文獻)
献上 (獻上)
献出 (獻出)
献媚 (獻媚)
献策 (獻策)
献血 (獻血)
献身 (獻身)

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  • 2286th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 19 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. mèi (mei4)flatter • charm

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for mèi (mei4)The component is pronounced as 'méi' (mei2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for mèi (mei4)The component is pronounced as '' (mu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

明媚 
阳光明媚 (陽光明媚)

Uncommon

媚眼 
妩媚 (嫵媚)
娇媚 (嬌媚)
谄媚 (諂媚)

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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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