• 1543rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 22 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yán (Yan2)surname Yan
2. yán (yan2)color • face • countenance
3. yán (yan2)Japanese variant of 顏|颜[yan2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yán (yan2)The component is pronounced as 'yàn' (yan4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for yán (yan2)The component is pronounced as 'hǎn' (han3). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for yán (yan2)The component is pronounced as 'shān' (shan1). It has the same pinyin final.
4. Pronunciation clue for yán (yan2)The component is pronounced as '' (ye4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 ()
颜色 (顏色)

Medium Frequency

五颜六色 (五顏六色)
容颜 (容顏)
汗颜 (汗顏)
红颜 (紅顏)
素颜 (素顏)
颜料 (顏料)
颜面 (顏面)
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  • 557th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 78 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. liào (liao4)material • stuff • grain • feed • to expect • to anticipate • to guess

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

原料 
意料 
 
料理 
材料 
资料 (資料)
饮料 (飲料)

Medium Frequency

不料 
主料 
佐料 
出乎意料 
出人意料 
加料 
原材料 
塑料 
塑料袋 
布料 
料到 
料子 
料酒 
照料 
燃料 
爆料 
猛料 
笑料 
调味料 (調味料)
调料 (調料)
配料 
面料 
预料 (預料)
颜料 (顏料)
饲料 (飼料)
香料 
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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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