• 602nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 72 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. nán (nan2)male • Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

男人 

Uncommon

男儿 (男兒)
男友 
男士 
男女 
男子 
男孩 
男性 
男朋友 
男生 
男装 (男裝)

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  • 37th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.33% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 1376 words
  • Component in 109 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (zi3)son • child • seed • egg • small thing • 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat • Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
2. zi (zi5)(noun suffix)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (zi3)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (zi3)The component is pronounced as '' (zi3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
3. Pronunciation clue for (zi3)The component is pronounced as 'zi' (zi5). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
4. Pronunciation clue for zi (zi5)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin final.
5. Pronunciation clue for zi (zi5)The component is pronounced as '' (zi3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
6. Pronunciation clue for zi (zi5)The component is pronounced as 'zi' (zi5). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

儿子 (兒子)
女子 
妻子 
孩子 
房子 
日子 
样子 (樣子)
狮子 (獅子)
狮子座 (獅子座)
王子 
男子 
老子 
肚子 
脑子 (腦子)
辈子 (輩子)
双子 (雙子)
鞋子 
饺子 (餃子)
鼻子 

Uncommon

一下子 
一辈子 (一輩子)
一阵子 (一陣子)
上辈子 (上輩子)
下辈子 (下輩子)
丸子 
仙子 
份子 
分子 (份子)
位子 
例子 
个子 (個子)
傻子 
兔子 
公子 
凳子 
刀子 
刷子 
勺子 
包子 
包饺子 (包餃子)
半辈子 (半輩子)
卷子 
口子 
句子 
君子 
呆子 
呢子 
单子 (單子)
嗓子 
因子 
圈子 
圆子 (圓子)
夜猫子 (夜貓子)
大肚子 
天子 
太子 
夹子 (夾子)
妮子 
妹子 
侄子 (姪子)
娃子 
婊子 
嫂子 
娘子 (孃子)
子女 
子孙 (子孫)
子宫 (子宮)
子弹 (子彈)
子时 (子時)
孔子 
孩子们 (孩子們)
孩子气 (孩子氣)
孙子 (孫子)
学子 (學子)
家子 
小伙子 
小子 
屋子 
帖子 
帽子 
弟子 
影子 
性子 
扇子 
才子 
才子佳人 
拉肚子 
曲子 
月子 
本子 
村子 
杯子 
林子 
果子 
架子 
柚子 
柱子 
柿子 
栗子 
格子 
桃子 
桌子 
桔子 
梅子 
梨子 
梯子 
棋子 
棍子 
棒子 
椅子 
椰子 
榛子 
乐子 (樂子)
橘子 
橙子 
柜子 (櫃子)
段子 
母子 
毯子 
沙子 
浪子 
汉子 (漢子)
燕子 
爪子 
父子 
片子 
牌子 
猴子 
瓜子 
瓶子 
生子 
男子汉 (男子漢)
痞子 
疯子 (瘋子)
瘦子 
皇子 
盒子 
盘子 (盤子)
看样子 (看樣子)
瞎子 
种子 (種子)
稿子 
窗子 
童子 
竹子 
笛子 
筷子 
箱子 
笼子 (籠子)
粽子 
精子 
团子 (糰子)
绳子 (繩子)
罐子 
老妈子 (老媽子)
老样子 (老樣子)
老头子 (老頭子)
耗子 
肚子痛 
胖子 
脖子 
肠子 (腸子)
胆子 (膽子)
茄子 
叶子 (葉子)
盖子 (蓋子)
莲子 (蓮子)
蚊子 
虫子 (蟲子)
蝎子 (蠍子)
袋子 
袖子 
被子 
裙子 
裤子 (褲子)
袜子 (襪子)
亲子 (親子)
豆子 
豹子 
贩子 (販子)
赤子 
身子 
车子 (車子)
轮子 (輪子)
辣子 
辫子 (辮子)
游子 (遊子)
金子 
钉子 (釘子)
扣子 (釦子)
银子 (銀子)
锤子 (錘子)
链子 (鏈子)
镜子 (鏡子)
院子 
阵子 (陣子)
双子座 (雙子座)
电子 (電子)
电子书 (電子書)
面子 
靴子 
鞭子 
领子 (領子)
风信子 (風信子)
饿肚子 (餓肚子)
馆子 (館子)
骗子 (騙子)
骡子 (騾子)
骨子 
骰子 
胡子 (鬍子)
鬼子 
鸭子 (鴨子)
鸽子 (鴿子)
点子 (點子)

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  • 710th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 174 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. hàn (Han4)Han ethnic group • Chinese (language) • the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
2. hàn (han4)man

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

好汉 (好漢)
武汉 (武漢)
武汉市 (武漢市)
汉堡 (漢堡)
汉语 (漢語)
老汉 (老漢)

Uncommon

单身汉 (單身漢)
大汉 (大漢)
广汉 (廣漢)
懒汉 (懶漢)
东汉 (東漢)
楚河汉界 (楚河漢界)
江汉 (江漢)
江汉区 (江漢區)
流浪汉 (流浪漢)
满汉 (滿漢)
汉中 (漢中)
汉人 (漢人)
汉代 (漢代)
汉化 (漢化)
汉口 (漢口)
汉城 (漢城)
汉堡包 (漢堡包)
汉堡王 (漢堡王)
汉奸 (漢奸)
汉子 (漢子)
汉字 (漢字)
汉密尔顿 (漢密爾頓)
汉文 (漢文)
汉族 (漢族)
汉朝 (漢朝)
汉武帝 (漢武帝)
汉江 (漢江)
汉沽区 (漢沽區)
汉献帝 (漢獻帝)
汉阳 (漢陽)
汉阳区 (漢陽區)
男子汉 (男子漢)
硬汉 (硬漢)
罗汉 (羅漢)
罗汉果 (羅漢果)
庄稼汉 (莊稼漢)
蜀汉 (蜀漢)
西汉 (西漢)
醉汉 (醉漢)

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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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