• 241st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 271 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. liáng (liang2)to measure
2. liàng (liang4)capacity • quantity • amount • to estimate • abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar) • measure word

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for liáng (liang2)The component is pronounced as '' (li3). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for liàng (liang4)The component is pronounced as '' (li3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

尽量 (儘量)
力量 
大量 
数量 (數量)
流量 
海量 
能量 
质量 (質量)
适量 (適量)
销量 (銷量)

Uncommon

份量 
分量 
含量 
商量 
定量 
容量 
少量 
工作量 
思量 
打量 
掂量 
测量 (測量)
无量 (無量)
热量 (熱量)
产量 (產量)
矢量 
总量 (總量)
胆量 (膽量)
衡量 
计量 (計量)
较量 (較量)
过量 (過量)
酒量 
重量 
电量 (電量)
音量 
食量 

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  • 2461st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 22 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. fàn (fan4)to deal in • to buy and sell • to trade in • to retail • to peddle

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for fàn (fan4)The component is pronounced as 'fǎn' (fan3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

小贩 (小販)

Uncommon

商贩 (商販)
摊贩 (攤販)
票贩子 (票販子)
贩子 (販子)
贩卖 (販賣)
量贩式 (量販式)

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  • 303rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 241 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shì (shi4)type • form • pattern • style

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as '' (yi4). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

方式 
模式 
正式 

Uncommon

中国式 (中國式)
中式 
仪式 (儀式)
公式 
各式各样 (各式各樣)
形式 
方程式 
日式 
格式 
格式化 
样式 (樣式)
款式 
欧式 (歐式)
法式 
美式 
西式 

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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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