1. 苍
  2. 南

苍

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  • 1726th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 41 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
苍→
艹仓
2Radical
苍→
艹grass人human乚second㇆N/A
3Graphical
苍→
艹人乚㇆

Pinyin & Meaning

1. cāng (Cang1)surname Cang
2. cāng (cang1)dark blue • deep green • ash-gray

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 苍 cāng (cang1)The component 仓 is pronounced as 'cāng' (cang1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for 苍 cāng (cang1)The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cǎo' (cao3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

苍天 (蒼天)
苍白 (蒼白)
苍茫 (蒼茫)
苍蝇 (蒼蠅)

Uncommon

上苍 (上蒼)
苍南 (蒼南)
苍山 (蒼山)
苍梧 (蒼梧)
苍凉 (蒼涼)
苍生 (蒼生)
苍白无力 (蒼白無力)
苍穹 (蒼穹)
苍老 (蒼老)
苍苍 (蒼蒼)

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南

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  • 307th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 472 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
南→
十No glyph available
2Radical
南→
十ten冂upside down box丷eight/divide干dry
3Graphical
南→
一丨冂丷一一丨

Pinyin & Meaning

1. nán (Nan2)surname Nan
2. nán (nan2)south

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 南 nán (nan2)The component 干 is pronounced as 'gān' (gan1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for 南 nán (nan2)The component 干 is pronounced as 'gàn' (gan4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

南 also appears in:
献喃楠罱蝻腩

Example Words

Common

南京 
南宁 (南寧)
南方 
南昌 
南瓜 
江南 
河南 
海南 
湖南 
济南 (濟南)
西南 
越南 
云南 (雲南)

Uncommon

中南 
中南海 
以南 
南下 
南京市 
南京路 
南充 
南北 
南区 (南區)
南坪 
南城 
南大 
南安 
南宋 
南宁市 (南寧市)
南山 
南山区 (南山區)
南岸 
南岛 (南島)
南岳 (南嶽)
南平 
南昌市 
南朝 
南极 (南極)
南沙 
南洋 
南海 
南海区 (南海區)
南湖 
南浔 (南潯)
南美 
南航 
南华 (南華)
南通 
南通市 
南边 (南邊)
南部 
南开 (南開)
南开区 (南開區)
南阳 (南陽)
南雄 
南非 
台南 
寿比南山 (壽比南山)
天南地北 
岭南 (嶺南)
指南 
东南 (東南)
东南亚 (東南亞)
东南部 (東南部)
河南省 
海南岛 (海南島)
淮南 
渭南 
湖南省 
济南市 (濟南市)
华南 (華南)
苍南 (蒼南)
西南部 
闽南 (閩南)
闽南语 (閩南語)
云南省 (雲南省)

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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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