• 2252nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 60 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiàn (xian4)gland

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

乳腺 
乳腺癌 
腮腺 

Uncommon

乳腺炎 
前列腺 
前列腺素 
扁桃腺 
汗腺 
泪腺 (淚腺)
甲状腺 (甲狀腺)
皮脂腺 
胰腺 
胰腺炎 
肾上腺 (腎上腺)
肾上腺素 (腎上腺素)
腮腺炎 
腺样 (腺樣)
腺癌 

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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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