• 3708th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 20 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lán (lan2)railing • balustrade • door-screen • exhausted • late

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

阑珊 (闌珊)

Uncommon

夜阑 (夜闌)
阑尾 (闌尾)
阑尾炎 (闌尾炎)
阑干 (闌干)
雕阑 (雕闌)

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  • 1280th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 117 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wěi (wei3)tail • remainder • remnant • extremity • sixth of the 28 constellations • classifier for fish
2. (yi3)horse's tail • pointed posterior section of a locust etc

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (yi3)The component is pronounced as 'shī' (shi1). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

尾巴 
尾牙 
年尾 
结尾 (結尾)

Uncommon

尾数 (尾數)
尾气 (尾氣)
尾灯 (尾燈)
尾声 (尾聲)
尾部 
尾随 (尾隨)
从头到尾 (從頭到尾)
彻头彻尾 (徹頭徹尾)
收尾 
末尾 
汕尾 
畏首畏尾 
眼尾 
虎头蛇尾 (虎頭蛇尾)
阑尾 (闌尾)
阑尾炎 (闌尾炎)
鸡尾酒 (雞尾酒)
马尾 (馬尾)
马尾辫 (馬尾辮)
鱼尾 (魚尾)
鱼尾纹 (魚尾紋)

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  • 1322nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 93 words
  • Component in 15 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yán (yan2)flame • inflammation • -itis

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yán (yan2)The component is pronounced as 'yán' (yan2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

消炎 
炎亚纶 (炎亞綸)
炎症 
发炎 (發炎)
胃炎 
鼻炎 

Uncommon

中耳炎 
乳腺炎 
咽炎 
支气管炎 (支氣管炎)
气管炎 (氣管炎)
消炎药 (消炎藥)
炎夏 
炎帝 
炎炎 
炎热 (炎熱)
炎黄子孙 (炎黃子孫)
皮炎 
结膜炎 (結膜炎)
肝炎 
肺炎 
胰腺炎 
肾炎 (腎炎)
腮腺炎 
肠炎 (腸炎)
肠胃炎 (腸胃炎)
阑尾炎 (闌尾炎)
关节炎 (關節炎)
阴道炎 (陰道炎)
鼻窦炎 (鼻竇炎)

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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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