• 1607th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 64 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gāng (gang1)steel

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for gāng (gang1)The component is pronounced as 'gāng' (gang1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

钢琴 (鋼琴)
钢铁 (鋼鐵)

Uncommon

宝钢 (寶鋼)
恨铁不成钢 (恨鐡不成鋼)
炼钢 (煉鋼)
钢刀 (鋼刀)
钢厂 (鋼廠)
钢材 (鋼材)
钢板 (鋼板)
钢琴家 (鋼琴家)
钢琴师 (鋼琴師)
钢笔 (鋼筆)
钢筋 (鋼筋)
钢管 (鋼管)
钢丝 (鋼絲)

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  • 2247th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 34 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jīn (jin1)muscle • tendon

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

抽筋 

Uncommon

伤筋动骨 (傷筋動骨)
伤脑筋 (傷腦筋)
动脑筋 (動腦筋)
橡皮筋 
皮筋 
筋疲力尽 (筋疲力盡)
筋骨 
脑筋 (腦筋)
钢筋 (鋼筋)
面筋 (麵筋)

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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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