• 1350th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 68 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dǎn (dan3)the gall • the nerve • courage • guts • gall bladder

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dǎn (dan3)The component is pronounced as 'zhān' (zhan1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for dǎn (dan3)The component is pronounced as 'hǎn' (han3). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for dǎn (dan3)The component is pronounced as 'yán' (yan2). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

大胆 (大膽)
胆固醇 (膽固醇)
胆子 (膽子)
胆小 (膽小)
胆小鬼 (膽小鬼)
胆量 (膽量)

Uncommon

心惊胆战 (心驚膽戰)
提心吊胆 (提心吊膽)
斗胆 (斗膽)
海胆 (海膽)
肝胆相照 (肝膽相照)
胆囊 (膽囊)
胆大 (膽大)
胆怯 (膽怯)
胆敢 (膽敢)
胆汁 (膽汁)
胆略 (膽略)
胆结石 (膽結石)
胆识 (膽識)
胆碱 (膽鹼)
卧薪尝胆 (臥薪嚐膽)
色胆 (色膽)

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  • 241st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 271 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. liáng (liang2)to measure
2. liàng (liang4)capacity • quantity • amount • to estimate • abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar) • measure word

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for liáng (liang2)The component is pronounced as '' (li3). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for liàng (liang4)The component is pronounced as '' (li3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

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Example Words

Common

尽量 (儘量)
力量 
大量 
数量 (數量)
流量 
海量 
能量 
质量 (質量)
适量 (適量)
销量 (銷量)

Uncommon

份量 
分量 
含量 
商量 
定量 
容量 
少量 
工作量 
思量 
打量 
掂量 
测量 (測量)
无量 (無量)
热量 (熱量)
产量 (產量)
矢量 
总量 (總量)
胆量 (膽量)
衡量 
计量 (計量)
较量 (較量)
过量 (過量)
酒量 
重量 
电量 (電量)
音量 
食量 

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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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