• 1025th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 80 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. fān (fan1)to turn over • to flip over • to overturn • to rummage through • to translate • to decode • to double • to climb over or into • to cross

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for fān (fan1)The component is pronounced as 'fān' (fan1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

翻来覆去 (翻來覆去)
翻唱 
翻看 
翻箱倒柜 (翻箱倒櫃)
翻译 (翻譯)
翻身 

Uncommon

天翻地覆 
打翻 
推翻 
翻动 (翻動)
翻天覆地 
翻拍 
翻新 
翻江倒海 
翻滚 (翻滾)
翻墙 (翻牆)
翻版 
翻番 
翻白眼 
翻脸 (翻臉)
翻盖 (翻蓋)
翻越 
翻转 (翻轉)
翻遍 
翻过 (翻過)
翻开 (翻開)
翻阅 (翻閱)
翻腾 (翻騰)

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  • 286th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 446 words
  • Component in 120 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bái (Bai2)surname Bai
2. bái (bai2)white • snowy • pure • bright • empty • blank • plain • clear • to make clear • in vain • gratuitous • free of charge • reactionary • anti-communist • funeral • to stare coldly • to write wrong character • to state • to explain • vernacular • spoken lines in opera

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for bái (bai2)The component is pronounced as 'bái' (bai2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

明白 
白天 
白羊座 
白色 
表白 

Uncommon

伊丽莎白 (伊麗莎白)
告白 
坦白 
大白天 
大白菜 
太白 
对白 (對白)
旁白 
李白 
清白 
洁白 (潔白)
独白 (獨白)
发白 (發白)
白人 
白吃 
白嫩 
白宫 (白宮)
白搭 
白日 
白日梦 (白日夢)
白昼 (白晝)
白果 
白求恩 
白净 (白淨)
白痴 
白白 
白皙 
白眼 
白粉 
白糖 
白花花 
白茫茫 
白菜 
白血病 
白话 (白話)
白费 (白費)
白酒 
白醋 
白金 
白银 (白銀)
白开水 (白開水)
白雪 
白雪皑皑 (白雪皚皚)
白云 (白雲)
白云区 (白雲區)
白领 (白領)
白头 (白頭)
白头偕老 (白頭偕老)
白头到老 (白頭到老)
白饭 (白飯)
白马王子 (白馬王子)
白发 (白髮)
白鲸 (白鯨)
直白 
空白 
纯白 (純白)
美白 
苍白 (蒼白)
苍白无力 (蒼白無力)
蛋白 
蛋白质 (蛋白質)
长白山 (長白山)
雪白 
黑白 

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  • 281st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 318 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yǎn (yan3)eye • small hole • crux (of a matter) • CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1] • classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

眼前 
眼泪 (眼淚)
眼睛 
眼神 
眼镜 (眼鏡)

Uncommon

一眼 
不起眼 
干瞪眼 (乾瞪眼)
傻眼 
冷眼 
刺眼 
合眼 
单眼皮 (單眼皮)
字眼 
小心眼 
心眼 
挑花眼 
抢眼 (搶眼)
放眼 
满眼 (滿眼)
熊猫眼 (熊貓眼)
白眼 
眉眼 
眨眼 
眨眼睛 
眼下 
眼光 
眼力 
眼圈 
眼巴巴 
眼影 
眼熟 
眼珠 
眼球 
眼界 
眼皮 
眼看 
眼眶 
眼睁睁 (眼睜睜)
眼睑 (眼瞼)
眼科 
眼帘 (眼簾)
眼红 (眼紅)
眼线 (眼線)
眼罩 
眼花 
眼药水 (眼藥水)
眼袋 
眼见 (眼見)
眼角 
睁眼 (睜眼)
瞎眼 
耀眼 
着眼 (著眼)
亲眼 (親眼)
猫眼 (貓眼)
转眼 (轉眼)
开眼 (開眼)
双眼 (雙眼)
双眼皮 (雙眼皮)
电眼 (電眼)
顺眼 (順眼)
显眼 (顯眼)
龙眼 (龍眼)

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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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