• 1871st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 37 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tān (tan1)to have a voracious desire for • to covet • greedy • corrupt

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

贪婪 (貪婪)
贪官 (貪官)
贪心 (貪心)
贪污 (貪污)
贪玩 (貪玩)

Uncommon

贪吃 (貪吃)
贪图 (貪圖)
贪得无厌 (貪得無厭)
贪欲 (貪慾)
贪恋 (貪戀)
贪杯 (貪杯)
贪腐 (貪腐)
贪财 (貪財)
起早贪黑 (起早貪黑)

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  • 475th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 119 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chī (chi1)to eat • to consume • to eat at (a cafeteria etc) • to eradicate • to destroy • to absorb • to suffer
2. (ji2)stammer

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for chī (chi1)The component is pronounced as '' (qi3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for chī (chi1)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for (ji2)The component is pronounced as '' (qi3). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for (ji2)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

吃完 
吃饭 (吃飯)
好吃 

Uncommon

偷吃 
吃力 
吃喝 
吃喝玩乐 (吃喝玩樂)
吃奶 
吃掉 
吃法 
吃素 
吃苦 
吃药 (吃藥)
吃亏 (吃虧)
吃醋 
吃惊 (吃驚)
大吃大喝 
小吃 
白吃 
贪吃 (貪吃)
难吃 (難吃)

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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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