• 1758th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 30 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gān (gan1)liver • CL:頁|页[ye4],個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for gān (gan1)The component is pronounced as 'gān' (gan1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for gān (gan1)The component is pronounced as 'gān' (gan1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
3. Pronunciation clue for gān (gan1)The component is pronounced as 'gàn' (gan4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

心肝 
肝脏 (肝臟)

Uncommon

乙肝 
肝火 
肝炎 
肝病 
肝癌 
肝硬化 
肝胆相照 (肝膽相照)
脂肪肝 
鱼肝油 (魚肝油)
鹅肝 (鵝肝)

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  • 1797th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 22 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. ái (ai2)cancer • carcinoma • also pr. [yan2]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

癌症 

Uncommon

乳腺癌 
抗癌 
肝癌 
肺癌 
胃癌 
致癌 
致癌物 

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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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