• 252nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 297 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. guǎn (Guan3)surname Guan
2. guǎn (guan3)to take care (of) • to control • to manage • to be in charge of • to look after • to run • to care about • tube • pipe • (spoken) to • towards

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for guǎn (guan3)The component is pronounced as 'guān' (guan1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

不管 

Uncommon

主管 
保管 
尽管 (儘管)
别管 (別管)
吸管 
城管 
心血管 
水管 
监管 (監管)
管制 
管家 
管教 
管理 
管理员 (管理員)
管用 
管道 
血管 
试管 (試管)
钢管 (鋼管)
高管 

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  • 89th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.21% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 460 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (li3)texture • grain (of wood) • inner essence • intrinsic order • reason • logic • truth • science • natural science (esp. physics) • to manage • to pay attention to • to run (affairs) • to handle • to put in order • to tidy up

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (li3)The component is pronounced as '' (li3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

心理 
整理 
理想 
理由 
理解 
管理 
处理 (處理)
护理 (護理)
道理 

Uncommon

不理 
代理 
修理 
伦理 (倫理)
助理 
原理 
合理 
哲理 
地理 
大理 
心安理得 
心理学 (心理學)
心理学家 (心理學家)
情理 
打理 
推理 
搭理 
料理 
明理 
条理 (條理)
梳理 
治理 
清理 
无理 (無理)
无理取闹 (無理取鬧)
物理 
理喻 
理工 
理念 
理性 
理所当然 (理所當然)
理智 
理会 (理會)
理直气壮 (理直氣壯)
理睬 
理科 
理论 (理論)
理财 (理財)
理发 (理髮)
理发师 (理髮師)
理发店 (理髮店)
生理 
真理 
管理员 (管理員)
纹理 (紋理)
经理 (經理)
总理 (總理)
总经理 (總經理)
自理 
处理器 (處理器)
调理 (調理)
讲理 (講理)
办理 (辦理)

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  • 200th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 276 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yuán (yuan2)person • employee • member

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

人员 (人員)
公务员 (公務員)
动员 (動員)
员工 (員工)
委员 (委員)
官员 (官員)
成员 (成員)
会员 (會員)
服务员 (服務員)
演员 (演員)
球员 (球員)

Uncommon

乘务员 (乘務員)
全员 (全員)
列车员 (列車員)
售票员 (售票員)
售货员 (售貨員)
团员 (團員)
委员会 (委員會)
学员 (學員)
守门员 (守門員)
专员 (專員)
店员 (店員)
成员国 (成員國)
指导员 (指導員)
推销员 (推銷員)
文员 (文員)
消防员 (消防員)
满员 (滿員)
营业员 (營業員)
特派员 (特派員)
研究员 (研究員)
程序员 (程序員)
管理员 (管理員)
总动员 (總動員)
职员 (職員)
船员 (船員)
裁员 (裁員)
要员 (要員)
解说员 (解說員)
议员 (議員)
辅导员 (輔導員)
通讯员 (通訊員)
运动员 (運動員)
邮递员 (郵遞員)
队员 (隊員)
雇员 (雇員)
飞行员 (飛行員)
驾驶员 (駕駛員)
党员 (黨員)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.