• 334th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 75 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. guàn (Guan4)surname Guan
2. guān (guan1)to look at • to watch • to observe • to behold • to advise • concept • point of view
3. guàn (guan4)Taoist monastery • palace gate watchtower • platform

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for guān (guan1)The component is pronounced as 'guàn' (guan4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for guān (guan1)The component is pronounced as 'xuān' (xuan1). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for guàn (guan4)The component is pronounced as 'guàn' (guan4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
4. Pronunciation clue for guàn (guan4)The component is pronounced as 'xuān' (xuan1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

High Frequency

参观 (參觀)
围观 (圍觀)
乐观 (樂觀)
观察 (觀察)
观念 (觀念)
观看 (觀看)
观众 (觀眾)
观音 (觀音)
观点 (觀點)

Medium Frequency

世界观 (世界觀)
主观 (主觀)
价值观 (價值觀)
可观 (可觀)
壮观 (壯觀)
外观 (外觀)
奇观 (奇觀)
宏观 (宏觀)
客观 (客觀)
审美观 (審美觀)
微观 (微觀)
悲观 (悲觀)
改观 (改觀)
旁观 (旁觀)
旁观者 (旁觀者)
景观 (景觀)
直观 (直觀)
美观 (美觀)
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观世音 (觀世音)
观光 (觀光)
观后感 (觀後感)
观摩 (觀摩)
观望 (觀望)
观止 (觀止)
观火 (觀火)
观赏 (觀賞)
达观 (達觀)
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  • 596th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 40 words
  • Component in 103 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhǐ (zhi3)to stop • to prohibit • until • only

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhǐ (zhi3)The component is pronounced as 'zhǐ' (zhi3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

停止 
 
为止 (為止)
禁止 
防止 
阻止 

Medium Frequency

不止 
制止 
截止 
止咳 
止境 
止步 
止痛 
止血 
终止 (終止)
举止 (舉止)
观止 (觀止)
适可而止 (適可而止)
静止 (靜止)
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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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