• 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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  • 52nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.28% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 222 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dào (dao4)direction • way • road • path • principle • truth • morality • reason • skill • method • Dao (of Daoism) • to say • to speak • to talk • classifier for long thin stretches, rivers, roads etc • province (of Korea do 도, and formerly Japan dō) • CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

知道 

Medium Frequency

出道 
北海道 
厚道 
同道 
味道 
问道 (問道)
国道 (國道)
地道 
报道 (報道)
大道 
微不足道 
志同道合 
有道 
正道 
渠道 
王道 
肠道 (腸道)
街道 
说道 (說道)
车道 (車道)
轨道 (軌道)
通道 
 
道具 
道别 (道別)
道德 
道歉 
道理 
道路 
隧道 
难道 (難道)
霸道 
频道 (頻道)
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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.