• 386th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 172 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yuǎn (yuan3)far • distant • remote
2. yuàn (yuan4)to distance oneself from (classical)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yuǎn (yuan3)The component is pronounced as 'yuán' (yuan2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for yuàn (yuan4)The component is pronounced as 'yuán' (yuan2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

永远 (永遠)
遥远 (遙遠)

Uncommon

久远 (久遠)
偏远 (偏遠)
望远镜 (望遠鏡)
杨致远 (楊致遠)
深远 (深遠)
清远 (清遠)
疏远 (疏遠)
老远 (老遠)
远大 (遠大)
远征军 (遠征軍)
远虑 (遠慮)
远方 (遠方)
远眺 (遠眺)
远程 (遠程)
远处 (遠處)
远行 (遠行)
远见 (遠見)
远远 (遠遠)
远门 (遠門)
远离 (遠離)
长远 (長遠)

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  • 194th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 384 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dōng (Dong1)surname Dong
2. dōng (dong1)east • host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) • landlord

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

东方 (東方)
东西 (東西)

Uncommon

中东 (中東)
丹东 (丹東)
各奔东西 (各奔東西)
安东尼 (安東尼)
山东 (山東)
山东省 (山東省)
广东 (廣東)
广东人 (廣東人)
广东省 (廣東省)
广东话 (廣東話)
惠东 (惠東)
房东 (房東)
东亚 (東亞)
东京 (東京)
东北 (東北)
东北亚 (東北亞)
东区 (東區)
东南 (東南)
东南亚 (東南亞)
东吴 (東吳)
东城 (東城)
东城区 (東城區)
东家 (東家)
东山 (東山)
东东 (東東)
东海 (東海)
东湖 (東湖)
东营 (東營)
东直门 (東直門)
东莞 (東莞)
东莞市 (東莞市)
东边 (東邊)
东部 (東部)
东阳 (東陽)
毛泽东 (毛澤東)
江东 (江東)
河东 (河東)
浦东 (浦東)
福如东海 (福如東海)
股东 (股東)
华东 (華東)
远东 (遠東)
关东 (關東)

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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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