• 1496th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 95 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. fěn (fen3)powder • cosmetic face powder • food prepared from starch • noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour • whitewash • white • pink

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for fěn (fen3)The component is pronounced as 'fēn' (fen1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for fěn (fen3)The component is pronounced as 'fèn' (fen4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

粉红 (粉紅)
粉丝 (粉絲)

Uncommon

奶粉 
散粉 
河粉 
洗衣粉 
凉粉 (涼粉)
淀粉 (澱粉)
生粉 
米粉 
粉刺 
粉底 
粉末 
粉碎 
粉笔 (粉筆)
粉红色 (粉紅色)
粉色 
粉饰 (粉飾)
粉饼 (粉餅)
糯米粉 
胡椒粉 
肠粉 (腸粉)
花粉 
面粉 (麵粉)

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  • 954th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 132 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (bi3)pen • pencil • writing brush • to write or compose • the strokes of Chinese characters • classifier for sums of money, deals • CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

笔记 (筆記)
笔记本 (筆記本)
蜡笔 (蠟筆)
蜡笔小新 (蠟筆小新)
亲笔 (親筆)
铅笔 (鉛筆)

Uncommon

一笔勾销 (一筆勾銷)
下笔 (下筆)
伏笔 (伏筆)
圆珠笔 (圓珠筆)
执笔 (執筆)
妙笔生花 (妙筆生花)
提笔 (提筆)
败笔 (敗筆)
文笔 (文筆)
毛笔 (毛筆)
煞笔 (煞筆)
画笔 (畫筆)
眉笔 (眉筆)
神笔 (神筆)
笔名 (筆名)
笔尖 (筆尖)
笔战 (筆戰)
笔挺 (筆挺)
笔架 (筆架)
笔法 (筆法)
笔画 (筆畫)
笔直 (筆直)
笔筒 (筆筒)
笔者 (筆者)
笔触 (筆觸)
笔试 (筆試)
笔迹 (筆跡)
笔录 (筆錄)
笔头 (筆頭)
粉笔 (粉筆)
落笔 (落筆)
铅笔盒 (鉛筆盒)
钢笔 (鋼筆)
随笔 (隨筆)

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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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