• 985th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 68 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yīn (Yin1)surname Yin
2. yīn (yin1)overcast (weather) • cloudy • shady • Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang) • negative (electric.) • feminine • moon • implicit • hidden • genitalia

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

光阴 (光陰)
 ()
阴冷 (陰冷)
阴天 (陰天)
阴影 (陰影)
阴暗 (陰暗)
阴谋 (陰謀)
阴霾 (陰霾)

Medium Frequency

光阴似箭 (光陰似箭)
江阴 (江陰)
阴功 (陰功)
阴差阳错 (陰差陽錯)
阴暗面 (陰暗面)
阴历 (陰曆)
阴森 (陰森)
阴沉 (陰沉)
阴凉 (陰涼)
阴湿 (陰濕)
阴茎 (陰莖)
阴虚 (陰虛)
阴道 (陰道)
阴间 (陰間)
阴阳 (陰陽)
阴险 (陰險)
阴云 (陰雲)
阴郁 (陰鬱)
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  • 987th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 52 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. móu (mou2)to plan • to seek • scheme

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for móu (mou2)The component is pronounced as 'mǒu' (mou3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for móu (mou2)The component is pronounced as '' (mu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 ()
谋杀 (謀殺)
谋杀案 (謀殺案)
谋略 (謀略)
谋面 (謀面)
阴谋 (陰謀)

Medium Frequency

不谋而合 (不謀而合)
出谋划策 (出謀劃策)
参谋 (參謀)
密谋 (密謀)
张艺谋 (張藝謀)
智谋 (智謀)
深谋 (深謀)
计谋 (計謀)
谋事 (謀事)
谋利 (謀利)
谋划 (謀劃)
谋取 (謀取)
谋求 (謀求)
谋生 (謀生)
谋财害命 (謀財害命)
阴谋论 (陰謀論)
预谋 (預謀)
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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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