• 346th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 77 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiào (xiao4)laugh • smile • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

微笑 
 

Medium Frequency

偷笑 
傻笑 
可笑 
嘲笑 
好笑 
搞笑 
欢笑 (歡笑)
爆笑 
玩笑 
笑容 
笑声 (笑聲)
笑脸 (笑臉)
笑话 (笑話)
开玩笑 (開玩笑)
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  • 474th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 51 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tán (Tan2)surname Tan
2. tán (tan2)to speak • to talk • to converse • to chat • to discuss

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for tán (tan2)The component is pronounced as 'yán' (yan2). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

High Frequency

访谈 (訪談)
 ()
谈恋爱 (談戀愛)

Medium Frequency

交谈 (交談)
健谈 (健談)
大谈 (大談)
座谈会 (座談會)
畅谈 (暢談)
会谈 (會談)
笑谈 (笑談)
谈判 (談判)
谈到 (談到)
谈吐 (談吐)
谈天说地 (談天說地)
谈心 (談心)
谈情说爱 (談情說愛)
谈话 (談話)
谈谈 (談談)
谈论 (談論)
长谈 (長談)
闲谈 (閑談)
杂谈 (雜談)
面谈 (面談)
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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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