• 35th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.34% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 222 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
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3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. néng (Neng2)surname Neng
2. néng (neng2)to be able to • to be capable of • ability • capability • able • capable • can possibly • (usually used in the negative) to have the possibility of

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

功能 
可能 
能力 
能够 (能夠)

Uncommon

佳能 
尽可能 (儘可能)
可能性 
多功能 
太阳能 (太陽能)
性能 
技能 
智能 
本能 
欲罢不能 (欲罷不能)
潜能 (潛能)
无能 (無能)
无能为力 (無能為力)
节能 (節能)
能否 
能干 (能幹)
能手 
能源 
能见度 (能見度)
能量 

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  • 355th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 288 words
  • Component in 386 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yán (yan2)words • speech • to say • to talk
2. yán (yan2)"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) • see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yán (yan2)The component is pronounced as 'yán' (yan2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

留言 
箴言 
言语 (言語)
语言 (語言)
谎言 (謊言)

Uncommon

一言一行 
一言不发 (一言不發)
一言九鼎 
一言难尽 (一言難盡)
三言两语 (三言兩語)
不言而喻 
代言 
代言人 
传言 (傳言)
前言 
千言万语 (千言萬語)
只言片语 (只言片語)
名言 
失言 
妙不可言 
宣言 
寓言 
寡言 
怨言 
恶言 (惡言)
慎言 
扬言 (揚言)
文言文 
方言 
畅所欲言 (暢所欲言)
格言 
流言 
流言蜚语 (流言蜚語)
溢于言表 (溢於言表)
无言 (無言)
无言以对 (無言以對)
甜言 
甜言蜜语 (甜言蜜語)
发言 (發言)
发言人 (發言人)
直言 
真言 
童言无忌 (童言無忌)
总而言之 (總而言之)
胡言乱语 (胡言亂語)
自言自语 (自言自語)
至理名言 
花言巧语 (花言巧語)
言传 (言傳)
言行 
言论 (言論)
言辞 (言辭)
誓言 
诺言 (諾言)
谣言 (謠言)
遗言 (遺言)
预言 (預言)
食言 

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  • 748th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 114 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shàn (shan4)good (virtuous) • benevolent • well-disposed • good at sth • to improve or perfect

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

善于 (善於)
善良 
完善 
改善 

Uncommon

友善 
善事 
善哉 
善待 
善心 
善恶 (善惡)
善意 
善款 
善用 
善解人意 
善变 (善變)
多愁善感 
妥善 
慈善 
慈善家 
乐善好施 (樂善好施)
行善 

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  • 1353rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 53 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. biàn (bian4)to dispute • to debate • to argue • to discuss

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for biàn (bian4)The component is pronounced as 'biàn' (bian4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

争辩 (爭辯)
狡辩 (狡辯)
答辩 (答辯)
辩解 (辯解)
辩论 (辯論)
辩护 (辯護)

Uncommon

分辩 (分辯)
善辩 (善辯)
好辩 (好辯)
抗辩 (抗辯)
申辩 (申辯)
能言善辩 (能言善辯)
诡辩 (詭辯)
辩别 (辯別)
辩明 (辯明)
辩证 (辯證)
辩证法 (辯證法)
辩护人 (辯護人)
辩驳 (辯駁)
雄辩 (雄辯)

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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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