• 777th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 167 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tiě (Tie3)surname Tie
2. tiě (tie3)iron (metal) • arms • weapons • hard • strong • violent • unshakeable • determined • close • tight (slang)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

地铁 (地鐵)
地铁站 (地鐵站)
铁杆 (鐵桿)
铁石心肠 (鐵石心腸)
铁路 (鐵路)
铁面 (鐵面)
高铁 (高鐵)

Uncommon

恨铁不成钢 (恨鐡不成鋼)
打铁 (打鐵)
拿铁 (拿鐵)
滑铁卢 (滑鐵盧)
磁铁 (磁鐵)
钢铁 (鋼鐵)
铁人 (鐵人)
铁匠 (鐵匠)
铁塔 (鐵塔)
铁定 (鐵定)
铁岭 (鐵嶺)
铁板 (鐵板)
铁板烧 (鐵板燒)
铁甲 (鐵甲)
铁石 (鐵石)
铁丝 (鐵絲)
铁观音 (鐵觀音)
铁轨 (鐵軌)
铁道 (鐵道)
铁锅 (鐵鍋)
铁饭碗 (鐵飯碗)
铁马 (鐵馬)
雪铁龙 (雪鐵龍)

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  • 334th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 128 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. guàn (Guan4)surname Guan
2. guān (guan1)to look at • to watch • to observe • to behold • to advise • concept • point of view
3. guàn (guan4)Taoist monastery • palace gate watchtower • platform

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

参观 (參觀)
围观 (圍觀)
乐观 (樂觀)
观察 (觀察)
观念 (觀念)
观看 (觀看)
观众 (觀眾)
观音 (觀音)
观点 (觀點)

Uncommon

世界观 (世界觀)
主观 (主觀)
价值观 (價值觀)
可观 (可觀)
壮观 (壯觀)
外观 (外觀)
奇观 (奇觀)
宏观 (宏觀)
客观 (客觀)
审美观 (審美觀)
微观 (微觀)
悲观 (悲觀)
改观 (改觀)
旁观 (旁觀)
旁观者 (旁觀者)
景观 (景觀)
直观 (直觀)
美观 (美觀)
观世音 (觀世音)
观光 (觀光)
观后感 (觀後感)
观摩 (觀摩)
观望 (觀望)
观止 (觀止)
观火 (觀火)
观赏 (觀賞)
达观 (達觀)

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  • 540th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 321 words
  • Component in 36 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yīn (yin1)sound • noise • note (of musical scale) • tone • news • syllable • reading (phonetic value of a character)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yīn (yin1)The component is pronounced as 'yīn' (yin1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

声音 (聲音)
语音 (語音)
音乐 (音樂)

Uncommon

五音不全 
低音 
口音 
嗓音 
噪音 
回音 
定音 
影音 
拼音 
播音 
收音机 (收音機)
波音 
发音 (發音)
知音 
福音 
观世音 (觀世音)
观音 (觀音)
谐音 (諧音)
走音 
轻音乐 (輕音樂)
乡音 (鄉音)
配音 
录音 (錄音)
隔音 
电音 (電音)
静音 (靜音)
音效 
音乐家 (音樂家)
音乐厅 (音樂廳)
音乐会 (音樂會)
音乐节 (音樂節)
音符 
音箱 
音色 
音讯 (音訊)
音译 (音譯)
音质 (音質)
音速 
音量 
音响 (音響)
音频 (音頻)
颤音 (顫音)
高音 

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.