• 1871st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 23 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

High Frequency

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贪婪 (貪婪)
贪官 (貪官)
贪心 (貪心)

Medium Frequency

贪吃 (貪吃)
贪图 (貪圖)
贪欲 (貪慾)
贪恋 (貪戀)
贪杯 (貪杯)
贪污 (貪污)
贪玩 (貪玩)
贪腐 (貪腐)
贪财 (貪財)
起早贪黑 (起早貪黑)
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  • 3106th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 1 word
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lán (lan2)avaricious

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for lán (lan2)The component is pronounced as 'lín' (lin2). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

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Example Words

High Frequency

贪婪 (貪婪)

Medium Frequency

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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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