• 230th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 539 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. diàn (dian4)electric • electricity • electrical

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for diàn (dian4)The component is pronounced as 'diàn' (dian4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

电信 (電信)
电影 (電影)
电脑 (電腦)
电视 (電視)
电视剧 (電視劇)
电话 (電話)

Uncommon

来电 (來電)
供电 (供電)
停电 (停電)
充电 (充電)
充电器 (充電器)
家电 (家電)
广电 (廣電)
手电筒 (手電筒)
放电 (放電)
断电 (斷電)
核电站 (核電站)
水电 (水電)
发电 (發電)
省电 (省電)
致电 (致電)
触电 (觸電)
贺电 (賀電)
闪电 (閃電)
电力 (電力)
电动 (電動)
电吹风 (電吹風)
电器 (電器)
电报 (電報)
电压 (電壓)
电子 (電子)
电子书 (電子書)
电工 (電工)
电影票 (電影票)
电影节 (電影節)
电影院 (電影院)
电梯 (電梯)
电气 (電氣)
电池 (電池)
电波 (電波)
电流 (電流)
电源 (電源)
电热毯 (電熱毯)
电灯 (電燈)
电灯泡 (電燈泡)
电瓶车 (電瓶車)
电眼 (電眼)
电磁 (電磁)
电网 (電網)
电线 (電線)
电线杆 (電線杆)
电脑网 (電腦網)
电台 (電臺)
电视机 (電視機)
电视台 (電視臺)
电话卡 (電話卡)
电话簿 (電話簿)
电路 (電路)
电车 (電車)
电量 (電量)
电锯 (電鋸)
电音 (電音)
电饭煲 (電飯煲)
电饭锅 (電飯鍋)
静电 (靜電)

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  • 1113th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 98 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dēng (deng1)lamp • light • lantern • CL:盞|盏[zhan3]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dēng (deng1)The component is pronounced as 'dēng' (deng1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for dēng (deng1)The component is pronounced as 'dòu' (dou4). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

灯光 (燈光)
灯笼 (燈籠)

Uncommon

冰灯 (冰燈)
吊灯 (吊燈)
壁灯 (壁燈)
射灯 (射燈)
幻灯片 (幻燈片)
张灯结彩 (張燈結彩)
挑灯 (挑燈)
台灯 (檯燈)
熄灯 (熄燈)
灯塔 (燈塔)
灯泡 (燈泡)
灯火 (燈火)
灯火通明 (燈火通明)
灯管 (燈管)
灯红酒绿 (燈紅酒綠)
灯罩 (燈罩)
灯谜 (燈謎)
红灯 (紅燈)
红灯区 (紅燈區)
红绿灯 (紅綠燈)
绿灯 (綠燈)
聚光灯 (聚光燈)
花灯 (花燈)
华灯 (華燈)
街灯 (街燈)
路灯 (路燈)
闪光灯 (閃光燈)
开灯 (開燈)
闯红灯 (闖紅燈)
电灯 (電燈)
电灯泡 (電燈泡)
龙灯 (龍燈)

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  • 1997th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 61 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. pāo (pao1)puffed • swollen • spongy • small lake (esp. in place names) • classifier for urine or feces
2. pào (pao4)bubble • foam • blister (i.e. skin bubble) • to soak • to steep • to infuse • to dawdle • to shilly-shally • to hang about • to pick up (a girl) • to get off with (a sexual partner)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for pāo (pao1)The component is pronounced as 'bāo' (bao1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for pào (pao4)The component is pronounced as 'bāo' (bao1). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

泡沫 
泡泡 
泡菜 
泡面 (泡麵)
浸泡 

Uncommon

气泡 (氣泡)
水泡 
泡妞 
泡汤 (泡湯)
泡澡 
泡饭 (泡飯)
灯泡 (燈泡)
起泡 
电灯泡 (電燈泡)

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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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